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ArticleRespiratory research2017

Pulmonary arterial wall disease in COPD and interstitial lung diseases candidates for lung transplantation.

Enric Domingo, Juan C Grignola, Rio Aguilar, Manuel López Messeguer, Antonio Roman

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Enric DomingoArea del Cor, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Juan C GrignolaPathophysiology Department, School of Medicine, Hospital de Clínicas, Universidad de la República, Avda Italia 2870, PC 11600, Montevideo, Uruguay. jgrig@fmed.edu.uy.
Rio AguilarCardiology Department, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain.
Manuel López MesseguerDepartment of Neumology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.
Antonio RomanDepartment of Neumology, Hospital Universitari Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona, Spain.

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backgroundPulmonary hypertension (PH) associated with lung disease has the worst prognosis of all types of PH. Pulmonary arterial vasculopathy is an early event in the natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and interstitial lung disease (ILD). The present study characterized the alterations in the structure and function of the pulmonary arterial (PA) wall of COPD and ILD candidates for lung transplantation (LTx).

methodsA cohort of 73 patients, 63 pre-LTx (30 COPD, 33 ILD), and ten controls underwent simultaneous right heart catheterisation and intravascular ultrasound (IVUS). Total pulmonary resistance (TPR), capacitance (Cp), and the TPR-Cp relationship were assessed. PA stiffness and the relative area of wall thickness were estimated as pulse PA pressure/IVUS pulsatility and as [(external sectional area-intimal area)/external sectional area] × 100, respectively.

resultsTwenty-seven percent of patients had pulmonary arterial wedge pressure > 15 mmHg and were not analyzed. PA stiffness and the area of wall thickness were increased in comparison with controls, even in patients without PH (p < 0.05). ILD patients showed a significant higher PA stiffness, and lower Cp beyond mean PA pressure (mPAP) and lower area of wall thickness than COPD patients (p < 0.05). TPR-Cp relationship was shifted downward left for ILD patients.

conclusionsSignificant increase of PA stiffness and area of wall thickness were present even in patients without PH and can make the diagnosis of pulmonary vasculopathy at a preclinical stage in PH-lung disease candidates for LTx. ILD patients showed the worst PA stiffness and Cp with respect to COPD.

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Pulmonary Wedge PressureVascular StiffnessFemaleHumansHypertension, PulmonaryLung Diseases, InterstitialLung TransplantationMaleMiddle AgedPulmonary ArteryPulmonary Disease, Chronic ObstructiveReproducibility of ResultsSensitivity and SpecificityChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseInterstitial lung diseaseLung transplantationPulmonary arterial wallPulmonary hypertension

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PMCPMC5420403

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