PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS WITH DIFFERENT FORMS OF CORONARY HEART DISEASE: CHARACTERISTICS OF LEFT VENTRICULAR-ARTERIAL INTERACTIONS

Abstract

This study was conducted in order to evaluate the frequency of pulmonary hypertension in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy and patients with postinfarction cardiosclerosis and preserved ejection fraction and to calculate the risk of its occurrence, depending on the severity of left ventricular-arterial interaction. Examined 130 patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy (mean age of 57,3±2,1 years) and 110 patients with post-infarction cardiosclerosis and preserved ejection fraction (mean age 56,1±1,7 years). All patients underwent Doppler echocardiography by standard method. The above data demonstrate the relationship between the level of systolic pressure in the pulmonary artery and the degree of impairment left ventricular-arterial interaction. Тhe risk of developing pulmonary hypertension as violations of the left ventricular-arterial interaction increases.

Keywords

• ischemic heart disease
• left ventricular-arterial interaction
• ejection fraction
• pulmonary hypertension