Volumetric and functional assessment of ventricles in pulmonary hypertension on 3-dimensional echocardiography.

BACKGROUND Non-invasive assessment of volume and function on the right ventricle (RV) for pulmonary hypertension (PH) is limited. METHODS AND RESULTS Patients with PH (n=23) underwent 3-dimensional (D) echocardiography (3DECHO), with cardiac magnetic resonance imaging to confirm its precision, and right heart catheterization. On linear regression analysis the RV end-systolic volume index (ESVI) was positively correlated with pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) and mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP; R=0.42 and 0.46, P=0.03 and 0.03, respectively). The RV end-diastolic volume index (EDVI) was positively correlated with mPAP (R=0.41, P<0.05). The left ventricular (LV) EDVI was inversely correlated with PVR (R=-0.48, P=0.02). The RV ejection fraction was inversely correlated with PVR and mean right atrial pressure (mRAP; R=-0.57, and -0.45, P=0.004, and 0.03, respectively). RVEDVI/LVEDVI and RVESVI/LVESVI (the diastolic and systolic remodeling indices, respectively) had a significantly positive linear relationship with PVR (R=0.67 and 0.55, P=0.0005 and 0.006, respectively), and the former had a significantly positive linear relationship with mRAP (R=0.42, P<0.05). During the recovery process in 1 specific case, the remodeling indices maintained a significant linear relationship with the hemodynamic parameters. CONCLUSIONS Novel indices provided by 3DECHO may be utilized as alternative indicators of hemodynamic changes in PH patients.

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