Sub-clinical cardiac dysfunction may be significantly associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with different degree of severity. In a cross-sectional design we aimed at evaluating the frequency of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVdd) and its correlation with lung function, pulmonary arterial pressure and systemic inflammation in a selected population of COPD at an early stage of their disease. Fifty-five COPD patients with no clinical signs of cardiovascular dysfunction were recruited and compared to 40 matched healthy controls. All the subjects underwent pulmonary function testing, doppler echocardiography, and interleukin 6 blood sampling. Presence of LVdd was defined and according to the significant change in both the ratio between early and late diastolic transmitral flow velocity (E/A ratio), isovolumetric relaxation time (IVRT), and deceleration time (DT) . The frequency of LVdd was higher in COPD group (70,9%) compared to controls (27,5%). In these patients decreased E/A ratio, and prolonged IVRT and DT clearly pointed to left ventricular filling impairment, a condition we found to be especially severe in those patients suffering from lung static hyperinflation as expressed by inspiratory-to-total lung capacity ratio (IC/TLC) <0.25. Circulating levels of interleukin 6 as well were higher among COPD patients compared to controls. The results of the present study suggest that sub-clinical left ventricular filling impairment is frequently found in COPD patients at the earlier stage of the disease even in the absence of any other cardiovascular dysfunction. Doppler echocardiography may help the early identification of LVdd in COPD patients .

Sub-clinical left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in early stage of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / M., Malerba; B., Ragnoli; M., Salameh; G., Sennino; M. L., Sorlini; A., Radaeli; Clini, Enrico. - In: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL REGULATORS & HOMEOSTATIC AGENTS. - ISSN 0393-974X. - ELETTRONICO. - 25(3):(2011), pp. 443-451.

Sub-clinical left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in early stage of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

CLINI, Enrico
2011

Abstract

Sub-clinical cardiac dysfunction may be significantly associated with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) with different degree of severity. In a cross-sectional design we aimed at evaluating the frequency of left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVdd) and its correlation with lung function, pulmonary arterial pressure and systemic inflammation in a selected population of COPD at an early stage of their disease. Fifty-five COPD patients with no clinical signs of cardiovascular dysfunction were recruited and compared to 40 matched healthy controls. All the subjects underwent pulmonary function testing, doppler echocardiography, and interleukin 6 blood sampling. Presence of LVdd was defined and according to the significant change in both the ratio between early and late diastolic transmitral flow velocity (E/A ratio), isovolumetric relaxation time (IVRT), and deceleration time (DT) . The frequency of LVdd was higher in COPD group (70,9%) compared to controls (27,5%). In these patients decreased E/A ratio, and prolonged IVRT and DT clearly pointed to left ventricular filling impairment, a condition we found to be especially severe in those patients suffering from lung static hyperinflation as expressed by inspiratory-to-total lung capacity ratio (IC/TLC) <0.25. Circulating levels of interleukin 6 as well were higher among COPD patients compared to controls. The results of the present study suggest that sub-clinical left ventricular filling impairment is frequently found in COPD patients at the earlier stage of the disease even in the absence of any other cardiovascular dysfunction. Doppler echocardiography may help the early identification of LVdd in COPD patients .
2011
25(3)
443
451
Sub-clinical left ventricular diastolic dysfunction in early stage of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease / M., Malerba; B., Ragnoli; M., Salameh; G., Sennino; M. L., Sorlini; A., Radaeli; Clini, Enrico. - In: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL REGULATORS & HOMEOSTATIC AGENTS. - ISSN 0393-974X. - ELETTRONICO. - 25(3):(2011), pp. 443-451.
M., Malerba; B., Ragnoli; M., Salameh; G., Sennino; M. L., Sorlini; A., Radaeli; Clini, Enrico
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