Arterial load and right ventricular-vascular coupling in pulmonary hypertension
Oakland H, Joseph P, Naeije R, Elassal A, Cullinan M, Heerdt PM, Singh I. Arterial load and right ventricular-vascular coupling in pulmonary hypertension. Journal Of Applied Physiology 2021, 131: 424-433. PMID: 34043473, PMCID: PMC8325619, DOI: 10.1152/japplphysiol.00204.2021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPulmonary artery hypertensionRV-PA uncouplingPulmonary vascular resistancePressure waveform analysisRight ventriclePulmonary vascular impedancePulmonary hypertensionVascular impedanceRight heart catheterization dataRight ventricular-vascular couplingRV-pulmonary arterial couplingCpc-PH groupEjection fraction patientsHeart catheterization dataRV pressure curveRV-PA couplingLeft heart diseaseVentricular-vascular couplingSex-matched controlsAfterload parametersCpc-PHIpc-PHPH-HFpEFRV afterloadArtery hypertensionSex-Related Differences in Dynamic Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Vascular Coupling in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction
Singh I, Oliveira RKF, Heerdt PM, Pari R, Systrom DM, Waxman AB. Sex-Related Differences in Dynamic Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Vascular Coupling in Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction. CHEST Journal 2021, 159: 2402-2416. PMID: 33388286, DOI: 10.1016/j.chest.2020.12.028.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAgedCardiac CatheterizationEchocardiographyExercise ToleranceFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHeart FailureHeart VentriclesHumansIncidenceMalePulmonary ArteryPulmonary Wedge PressureRetrospective StudiesSex DistributionSex FactorsStroke VolumeSystoleUnited StatesVascular ResistanceVentricular Function, RightVentricular PressureConceptsRV-PA couplingRV-PA uncouplingFemale patientsMale patientsPeak VORV contractilityEjection fractionHeart failureRight ventricular-pulmonary vascular couplingRV-pulmonary arterial couplingAge-matched control subjectsInvasive pulmonary hemodynamicsMaximum incremental exercisePulmonary arterial elastanceRV pressure waveformsPeak exercise capacityRight ventricular dysfunctionSingle-beat analysisEnd-systolic elastanceSex-related differencesPA elastanceRV afterloadVentricular dysfunctionAfterload mismatchContractile impairment