The left ventricle in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Denolin, H.
Bulletin Europeen de Physiopathologie Respiratoire 12(3): 407-413
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0395-3890 PMID: 138460 Document Number: 97778
The mechanism of pulmonary arterial hypertension and cardiac decompensation were reviewed in relation to anatomical or functional abnormalities in the left ventricle in the clinical or hemodynamic view of bronchopulmonary diseases. A more careful distinction between the anatomical types and a description of the severity of pulmonary lesions, a more precise definition of the pulmonary state (including gases in the blood and pH), a coronarographic or isotopic evaluation of myocardial perfusion and control groups having the same biometric characteristics (especially age) were deemed necessary. An agreement on the validity of proposed hemodynamic methods and the significance of numerical data is needed. No anatomical or functional change of the left ventricle was directly attributed to chronic bronchopulmonary disease, and no pathologic mechanism was sustained.