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Abstract:

Background: according to the international registry ICOPER, right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is the most significant predictor of mortality in patients with pulmonary embolism (PE). Diagnosis of PE should include not only verification of thrombus in branches of pulmonary arteries, but also estimation of RV contractile function.

Aim: was to identify the most informative indicators of Gated Blood Pool SPECT (GBPS) for estimation of RV function in patients with PE.

Methods: 52 patients were included in the study Main group (n=37) included patients with PE; comparison group (n=15) included patients suffering from coronary heart disease (NYHA I-II). All patients received ventilation-perfusion lung scintigraphy, gated blood pool single photon emission computer tomography (GBPS), and estimation of plasma levels of endothelin-1, stable nitric oxide (NO) metabolites, and 6-keto-PG F1a.

Results: in patients with PE, RV end-systolic volume, stroke volume, ejection fraction, peak ejection rate, peak filling rate, and mean filling rate were significantly lower in comparison with patients without PE. In patients with PE volume from 3 to 7 bronchopulmonary segments, we have not found any correlations between PE volume and functional status of the right ventricle. In patients with PE, levels of endothelin-1, 6-keto-PG F1a, and stable NO metabolites were increased in comparison with patients without PE.

Conclusion: GBPS allows to verify RV dysfunction in patients without massive PE and severe pulmonary hypertension. Dissociation between volume of PE and the degree of RV dysfunction may be caused by humoral vasoactive factors disbalance. 

 

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