CENTRAL AND INTRAPULMONARY HEMODYNAMIC DI SORDERS AS AN INDEX OF THE SEVERITY OF MYOCARDITIS PATIENTS

Central and intrapulmonary hemodynamic parameters were examined by dir ect and indirect methods in 46 patients with myocarditis (25 females a nd 21 males), which revealed diminished myocardial contractility, whic h was followed by a regular and significant pulmonary blood pressure a nd a reduction in the elastic properties of the pulmonary-arteriolar b ed. Central and intrapulmonary hemodynamic changes are mostly associat ed with the development of hypodynamia and more rarely with that of th e phase hemodynamic syndrome and more rarely with the volume overloadi ng syndrome.