title: [Function of the right ventricle in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy].
abstract: To analyze right-ventricular size and function and their relationship to left-ventricular dimensions in patients with dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), biplane cineventriculography was performed in 57 patients. The results were compared to 15 normals (N). In patients dilatation of the right ventricle (RVEDVI: DCM: 126.5 +/- 41.4 ml/m2, N: 90.5 +/- 9.2 ml/m2, 2 p < 0.05) was less pronounced than dilatation of the left ventricle (LVEDVI: DCM: 136.0 +/- 45.8 ml/m2, N: 76.7 +/- 7.9 ml/m2, 2 p < 0.05). Left-ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF: DCM: 36.1 +/- 10.2%, N: 64.4 +/- 3.8%, 2 p < 0.05) was more reduced than right-ventricular ejection fraction (RVEF: DCM: 39.7 +/- 11.5%, N: 58.3 +/- 3.3%, 2 p < 0.05). Concerning the individual patient, a good correlation was found between right- and left-ventricular stroke volume (r = 0.74), whereas ejection fraction (r = 0.58), enddiastolic (r = 0.52) and endsystolic volume (r = 0.55) of the left and right ventricle correlated only moderately. Twenty-three of the 57 patients showed pronounced differences between right- and left-ventricular ejection fraction. The difference RVEF-LVEF was < = -10% in six patients, i.e., right-ventricular ejection fraction was markedly more reduced than left-ventricular ejection fraction. Right-ventricular myocardial biopsy was performed in five of these six patients with histologic evidence of dilated cardiomyopathy and, also, no signs of right-ventricular dysplasia (no lipomatous tissue replacement).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Herz- und Kreislauferkrankungen, Deutsches Herzzentrum München.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Unterberg
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dacian
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rudolph
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004232:Diuretics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D000806:Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors; D004232:Diuretics
vernacular_title: Funktion des rechten Ventrikels bei Patienten mit dilatativer Kardiomyopathie.