title: Humoral response in patients with chronic heart failure.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Correlation of five humoral markers with laboratory, echocardiographic and right heart catheterization parameters in patients with chronic heart failure.
  
  
  METHODS
  29 patients, heart failure NYHA II and III, ejection fraction below 40% with coronary artery disease or dilated cardiomyopathy.
  
  
  METHODS
  evaluation of thromboxane, prostaglandin F (PGF), tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha, endothelin-1 and big endothelin rest levels and their correlation with: (1) laboratory parameters: Sodium, urea, creatinine, fibrinogen, (2) chest X-ray: cardiothoracic index (CTI), pulmonary congestion, (3) right heart catheterization parameters at rest, hand-grip and bicycle ergometry: mean pulmonary artery pressure (AP), wedge pressure (WP), systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance (SVR, PVR) and cardiac index (CI), (4) echocardiographic parameters at rest, hand-grip and bicycle ergometry: end-diastolic volume (EDV), end-systolic volume (ESV), ejection fraction (EF), mitral flow E/A, filling period of left ventricle and time of duration of mitral regurgitation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  No correlation was found between thromboxane, prostaglandin F and tumor necrosis factor alpha with the above mentioned parameters. Endothelin-1 level correlated with E/A, PVR and MPA at rest and at hand-grip. Big endothelin level correlated with EDV and ESV, AP, WP and SVR at rest and at both types of exercise. The highest correlation was between big endothelin and rest AP (r=0.79), rest WP (r=0.78) and CTI (r=0.58), all P<0.01.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Big endothelin and partly endothelin-1 levels showed a close correlation with some parameters used for the evaluation of chronic heart failure severity.
authors.affiliation: 1st Internal Department, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Spinarová
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toman
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pospísilová
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Souĉek
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kára
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Stejfa
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006334:Heart Function Tests; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D016014:Linear Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D014662:Vasoconstrictor Agents