title: [The changes of right ventricular function in the course of COPD induced cor pulmonale].
abstract: A study on pulmonary hemodynamics, radionuclide right ventricular ejection fraction and blood gas analysis in 62 cases of COPD induced cor pulmonale at different stages showed the following results: 1. In early stage of cor pulmonale, stroke volume could not increase after exercise, it proved that cardiac reserve has been reduced; 2. With the progression of the disease, cardiac stroke volume reduced but cardiac output increased gradually, it could be considered as the evolutionary characteristic of cardiac function in chronic cor pulmonale; 3. The right ventricular stroke work was normal and could increase with the rise of after-load, reflecting the relatively effective functional compensation; 4. In acute exacerbation of cor pulmonale, the cardiac failure should be attributed to hyperdynamic type with hypervolemia; 5. Correlation analyses suggested that cardiac output decreased along with the increase of right ventricular afterload only in acute exacerbation of late cor pulmonale; PaO2 and PaCO2 have only slight influence on right ventricular function.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Red Cross Chaoyang Hospital.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H Y
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: X Z
authors.initials: XZ
authors.lastname: Weng
authors.forename: W Y
authors.initials: WY
authors.lastname: Kong
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis; D002302:Cardiac Output; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008173:Lung Diseases, Obstructive / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011660:Pulmonary Heart Disease / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D013318:Stroke Volume; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right / Q000502:physiology*