Peripheral Muscle Microcirculatory Alterations in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension: A Pilot Study.

BACKGROUND: Pulmonary microcirculation abnormalities are the main determinants of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) pathophysiology. We hypothesized that PAH patients have peripheral tissue microcirculation alterations that might benefit from hyperoxic breathing. We evaluated peripheral muscle m...

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Publicado en:Respiratory Care Vol. 58; no. 12; pp. 2134 - 2142
Autores principales: Dimopoulos, Stavros, Tzanis, Georgios, Manetos, Christos, Tasoulis, Athanasios, Mpouchla, Anthi, Tseliou, Eleni, Vasileiadis, Ioannis, Diakos, Nikos, Terrovitis, John, Nanas, Serafim
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Publicado: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Dec2013
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          Dimopoulos, Stavros
          Tzanis, Georgios
          Manetos, Christos
          Tasoulis, Athanasios
          Mpouchla, Anthi
          Tseliou, Eleni
          Vasileiadis, Ioannis
          Diakos, Nikos
          Terrovitis, John
          Nanas, Serafim
        affil: Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, First Critical Care Medicine Department, Evgenidio Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
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          Peripheral Circulation Evaluation
          Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Physiopathology
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          Spectroscopy, Near-Infrared
          Male
          Female
          Descriptive Statistics
          Data Analysis Software
          Adult
          Middle Age
          Aged
          Heart Failure
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          Mann-Whitney U Test
          Post Hoc Analysis
          Analysis of Variance
          Repeated Measures
          Funding Source
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Male
          Female
      ab: BACKGROUND: Pulmonary microcirculation abnormalities are the main determinants of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) pathophysiology. We hypothesized that PAH patients have peripheral tissue microcirculation alterations that might benefit from hyperoxic breathing. We evaluated peripheral muscle microcirculation with near-infrared spectroscopy, before and after hyperoxic breathing. METHODS: Eight PAH subjects, 8 healthy subjects (controls) matched for age, sex, and body mass index, and 16 subjects with chronic heart failure and matched for functional capacity with the PAH subjects underwent near-infrared spectroscopy. Tissue O2 saturation, defined as the hemoglobin saturation (%) in the microvasculature compartments, was measured on the thenar muscle. Then the 3-min brachial artery occlusion technique was applied before, during, and after 15 min of breathing 100% O2. We calculated the oxygen consumption rate (%/min), the reactive hyperemia time, and the time needed for tissue O2 saturation to reach its baseline value after the release of the occlusion. RESULTS: Compared to the controls, the PAH subjects had a significantly lower resting tissue O2 saturation (65.8 ± 14.9% vs 82.1 ± 4.0%, P = .005), a trend toward a lower oxygen consumption rate (35.3 ± 9.1%/min vs 43.4 ± 19.7%/min, P = .60), and a significantly higher reactive hyperemia time (3.0 ± 0.6 min vs 2.0 ± 0.3 min, P < .001). The PAH subjects also had lower tissue O2 saturation (P = .08), lower peripheral arterial oxygen saturation (P = .01), and higher reactive hyperemia time (P = .02) than the chronic heart failure subjects. After hyperoxic breathing, the PAH subjects had increased tissue O2 saturation (65.8 ± 14.9% to 71.4 ± 14.5%, P = .01), decreased oxygen consumption rate (35.3 ± 9.1%/min to 25.1 ± 6.6%/min, P = .01), and further increased reactive hyperemia time (3.0 ± 0.6 min to 4.2 ± 0.7 min, P = .007). CONCLUSIONS: The PAH subjects had substantial impairments of peripheral muscle microcirculation, decreased tissue O2 saturation (possibly due to hypoxemia), slower reactive hyperemia time, (possibly due to endothelium dysfunction), and peripheral systemic vasoconstriction. Acute hyperoxic breathing improved resting tissue O2 saturation (an expression of higher oxygen delivery) and decreased the oxygen consumption rate and reactive hyperemia time during reperfusion, possibly due to increased oxidative stress and evoked vasoconstriction.
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