RESUMO
With the aim of assessing parameters of heart rate variability (HRV) and heart rhythm turbulence (HRT) in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in dependence on severity of the course of this disease and presence of pulmonary hypertension (PH) we examined 73 patients (28 with COPD and 45 healthy subjects). Invasive measurement of central hemodynamics was conducted. Compared with the control group in patients with COPD we revealed lowering of temporal as well as frequency HRV parameters. No significant changes of HRV parameters depended on severity of COPD course. However a tendency to maximal lowering of HRV parameters was noted in the group of patients with COPD with first sec forced expiratory volume <50%. Comparison of patients with and without PH with controls revealed tendency to maximal lowering of HRV parameters in the PH group. Thus measurement of HRV can be used for supplementary assessment of severity of the disease and detection of PH.
Assuntos
Ritmo Circadiano , Hipertensão Pulmonar , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica , Idoso , Obstrução das Vias Respiratórias/diagnóstico , Obstrução das Vias Respiratórias/fisiopatologia , Brônquios/fisiopatologia , Feminino , Frequência Cardíaca , Hemodinâmica , Humanos , Hipertensão Pulmonar/diagnóstico , Hipertensão Pulmonar/etiologia , Hipertensão Pulmonar/fisiopatologia , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Monitorização Fisiológica/métodos , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/complicações , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/diagnóstico , Doença Pulmonar Obstrutiva Crônica/fisiopatologia , Testes de Função Respiratória , Fatores de Risco , Índice de Gravidade de Doença , Fatores de Tempo , Complexos Ventriculares Prematuros/complicações , Complexos Ventriculares Prematuros/diagnóstico , Complexos Ventriculares Prematuros/fisiopatologiaRESUMO
We compared Dopplerographic methods and invasive assessment of mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP) in 20 men with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We demonstrated possibility of evaluation of mean pulmonary artery pressure by Doppler methods of calculation using diastolic gradient of pressure of pulmonary regurgitation and ratio of flow acceleration time in right ventricular outflow tract and ejection time. In patients with COPD overestimation of MPAP is possible especially in patients with pronounced elevation of MPAP. Methods of evaluation of MPAP based on measurements of intervals of pulmonary blood flow do not allow to adequately evaluate MPAP in patients with COPD.