title: [Pulmonary hemodynamics and long-term outcome in patients with chronic pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension].
abstract: We examined pulmonary hemodynamics and long-term outcome in 78 consecutive patients with chronic pulmonary thromboembolism and pulmonary hypertension. These patient's ages ranged from 19 to 75 years; the mean was 51.0 +/- 13.8 years and there was no difference in sex distribution. Mean pulmonary-artery pressure (PAm) was 44 +/- 14 mmHg and total pulmonary resistance (TPR) was 1138 +/- 634 dyne.sec.cm-5. Overall five-year survival was 58.4%, but in patients whose PAm was below 30 mmHg, the outcomes were better: all of these patients survived for at least 5 years. In patients whose PAm was above 30 mmHg, no correlation was found between the outcome and the magnitude of PAm. We divided the patients into four subgroups according to their TPR: 500 dyne.sec.cm-5 (TPR, 500 > or = TPR < 1000 dyne.sec.cm-5, 1000 < or = TPR < 1500 dyne.sec.cm-5, and 1500 dyne.sec.cm-5 < or = TPR. The five-year survivals in these groups were 100%, 88.9%, 52.4%, and 40.0%, respectively. Outcome correlated with the magnitude of TPR. TPR was useful for predicting the outcome of chronic pulmonary thromboembolism.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, National Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Nakanishi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kyotani
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Satoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kunieda
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011379:Prognosis; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation; D011655:Pulmonary Embolism / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology*; D015996:Survival Rate