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. 1983 Jul;38(7):494–500. doi: 10.1136/thx.38.7.494

Assessment by radionuclide angiography of right and left ventricular function in chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

W MacNee, Q F Xue, W J Hannan, D C Flenley, C J Adie, A L Muir
PMCID: PMC459594  PMID: 6612636

Abstract

Non-invasive measurements of right and left ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF, LVEF) by multiple-gated equilibrium radionuclide ventriculography were performed in 18 control subjects, 16 patients with angina pectoris, and 45 patients with hypoxic chronic bronchitis and emphysema. The mean RVEF in the control subjects was 0.62 +/- 0.09 (SD), which was not significantly different from the mean RVEF in the patients with angina (0.60 +/- 0.09), but was significantly higher (p less than 0.01) than the mean value in patients with chronic bronchitis and emphysema (0.45 +/- 0.11). LVEF was not significantly different in the groups studied. There was a significant correlation between LVEF and RVEF only in patients with chronic bronchitis and emphysema (p less than 0.001). Those patients with chronic bronchitis and emphysema who had clinical evidence of cor pulmonale at the time of the study had significantly lower values of RVEF and LVEF (p less than 0.001) than patients with no previous cor pulmonale or those who had had cor pulmonale in the past. There was a significant correlation between RVEF and arterial oxygen (p less than 0.01) and carbon dioxide tensions (p less than 0.05). Reduced RVEF in patients with chronic bronchitis and emphysema may be an early indicator of the development of cor pulmonale and may be useful as a non-invasive method of assessing the effects of therapeutic interventions.

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