S. Globits et al., EFFECT OF LUNG TRANSPLANTATION ON RIGHT AND LEFT-VENTRICULAR VOLUMES AND FUNCTION MEASURED BY MAGNETIC-RESONANCE-IMAGING, American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine, 149(4), 1994, pp. 1000-1004
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25
Categorie Soggetti
Emergency Medicine & Critical Care","Respiratory System
To evaluate the effect of lung transplantation on right ventricular (R
V) and left ventricular (LV) volumes and function, magnetic resonance
imaging (MRI) was performed in 11 patients before and 6 to 24 months a
fter single (n = 7) or double (n = 4) lung transplantation as well as
in 15 healthy control subjects. Prior to transplantation, RV end-diast
olic (RVEDVI, ml/m(2)) and end-systolic (RVESVI, ml/m(2)) volume indic
es were significantly increased in patients compared with those in con
trol subjects. RV ejection fraction (RVEF, %), although within the low
er normal range, was significantly reduced. In contrast, LV volume ind
ices (ml/m(2)) were significantly smaller in patients than in control
subjects, whereas LV ejection fraction (LVEF, %) was not different fro
m that in normal subjects. After lung transplantation, MRI revealed a
significant reduction in RVEDVI from 73 +/- 29 to 54 +/- 14 (p = 0.03)
and RVESVI from 38 +/- 23 +/- 20 +/- 6 (p = 0.01) with a concomitant
significant increase in RVEF from 48 +/- 14 to 63 +/- 6 (p = 0.01). Co
nsecutively, the LV expanded to normal (LVEDVI from 49 +/- 12 to 65 +/
- 14, p = 0.01; LVESVI from 23 +/- 9 to 28 +/- 7, p = 0.05), whereas L
VEF remained unchanged (55 +/- 9 versus 56 +/- 8).