In vivo, la pression artérielle au niveau des artères cérébrales est pulsée, alors que ex vivo, l’étude de la fonction cérébrovasculaire est majoritairement mesurée en pression statique. L’impact de la pression pulsée sur la régulation du tonus myogénique et sur la fonction endothéliale cérébrale est inconnu. Nous avons posé l’hypothèse selon laquelle en présence d'une pression pulsée physiologique, la dilatation dépendante de l’endothélium induite par le flux et le tonus myogénique seraient optimisés. L’objectif de notre étude est d’étudier ex vivo l’impact de la pression pulsée sur le tonus myogénique et la dilatation induite par le flux dans les artères cérébrales de souris. Nous avons utilisé un artériographe pressurisé couplé à un système générant une onde pulsée de fréquence et d’amplitude réglables. Les artères cérébrales moyennes (≈160 μm de diamètre) ont été isolées de souris C57BL6 âgées de 3 mois et pressurisées à 60 mm Hg, en pression statique ou en pression pulsée. En pression statique, le tonus myogénique est faible mais est potentialisé par le L-NNA (un inhibiteur de la eNOS) et la PEG-catalase (qui dégrade le H2O2), suggérant une influence des produits dilatateurs dérivés de la eNOS sur le tonus myogénique. En présence de pression pulsée (pulse de 30 mm Hg, pression moyenne de 60 mm Hg, 550 bpm), le tonus myogénique est significativement augmenté, indépendamment du L-NNA et de la PEG-catalase, suggérant que la pression pulsée lève l’impact de la eNOS. En pression statique ou pulsée, les artères pré-contractées se dilatent de façon similaire jusqu’à une force de cisaillement de 15 dyn/cm2. Cette dilatation, dépendante de l’endothélium et de la eNOS, est augmentée en condition pulsée à une force de cisaillement de 20 dyn/cm2. En présence de PEG-catalase, la dilatation induite par le flux est diminuée en pression statique mais pas en pression pulsée, suggérant que la pression statique, mais pas la pression pulsée, favorise la production de O2 -/H2O2. En effet, la dilatation induite par le flux est associée à une production de O2 -/H2O2 par la eNOS, mesurable en pression statique, alors que la dilatation induite par le flux en pression pulsée est associée à la production de NO. Les différences de sensibilité à la dilatation induite par le flux ont été abolies après inhibition de Nox2, en condition statique ou pulsée. La pression pulsée physiologique régule donc l’activité de la eNOS cérébrale, en augmentant le tonus myogénique et, en présence de flux, permet la relâche de NO via la eNOS. / While in vivo arterial blood pressure in cerebral arteries is pulsatile, in vitro cerebral arterial function is generally assessed under a static pressure. Thus, whether pulse pressure regulates cerebral endothelial shear stress sensitivity and myogenic tone is unknown. We hypothesized that a physiological pulse pressure induces a better flow-mediated dilation and optimized myogenic tone. The aim of this study was to test in vitro the impact of pulse pressure on myogenic tone and eNOS-dependent flow-mediated dilation in mouse cerebral arteries. Using a custom computer-controlled pneumatic system generating a pulse pressure (used at 30 mm Hg, rate of 550 bpm) coupled to an arteriograph, isolated posterior cerebral arteries from 3-month old C57Bl/6J mice were pressurized at 60 mm Hg, either in static or pulse pressure conditions. Shear stress from 2 to 20 dyn/cm2 was applied and flow-mediated dilation measured. Without pulse pressure, myogenic tone was low but potentiated by both L-NNA (eNOS inhibitor) and PEG-catalase (catalyses H2O2), suggesting an influence of eNOS-derived dilator products on myogenic tone. Pulse pressure significantly increased myogenic tone, independently of L-NNA and PEG-catalase, suggesting that pulse pressure prevents the impact of eNOS. In both static and pulse pressure conditions, cerebral arteries did not dilate to shear stress in the presence of L-NNA or after endothelial denudation, confirming the endothelial origin of the dilatory response. Up to 15 dyn/cm2, shear stress elicited similar flow-mediated dilation in static and pulse pressure conditions; at 20 dyn/cm2, however, flow-mediated dilation were higher in the presence of pulse pressure. PEG-catalase reduced flow-mediated dilation in static but not in pulse pressure, suggesting that in static conditions eNOS is responsible for O2 -/H2O2 production. Indeed, eNOS-derived O2 -/H2O2 production was measured during flow-mediated dilation in static pressure, while pulse pressure promoted eNOS-derived NO production. Differences in flow-mediated dilation between static and pulse pressure conditions were abolished after Nox2 inhibition. In conclusion, pulse pressure modulates cerebrovascular eNOS activity: at rest, pulse pressure inhibits eNOS, increasing myogenic tone. In the presence of flow, pulse pressure permits a shear stress-dependent eNOS-derived NO release, leading to higher flow-mediated dilation.

Plusieurs décennies de recherche ont permis de mieux comprendre les effets de l’athérosclérose sur le système cardiovasculaire, d’améliorer la prévention et de développer des traitements efficaces. Les effets de l’athéroslérose sur le cerveau demeurent toutefois mal compris même si le lien entre le fonctionnement cognitif et la santé du système vasculaire est maintenant bien établi. La venue de nouvelles méthodes d’imagerie telle la microscopie laser à 2-photons (TPLM) permet d’étudier l’impact de certaines maladies sur la microvasculature cérébrale en mesurant le flux sanguin dans des vaisseaux uniques situés dans des régions cérébrales millimétriques sous la surface. Les résultats des études in vitro peuvent dorénavant être corrélés à ceux obtenus in vivo. En premier lieu, ce mémoire revoit la théorie ayant permis le développement de la TPLM qui permet de prendre des mesures hémodynamiques in vivo dans des vaisseaux de très petits calibres tels des capillaires cérébraux de souris. Par la suite, son utilisation est décrite chez des souris anesthésiées afin de comparer les mesures d’hémodynamie cérébrale tels la vitesse des globules rouges, le flux de globules rouges, le flux sanguin cérébral, l’hématocrite sanguin et le diamètre des vaisseaux. Finalement, nous avons comparé les données hémodynamiques entre des souris de 3 mois normales (WT ; n=6) et des souris atteintes d’athérosclérose précoce (ATX ; n=6). Les résultats obtenus sur un nombre total de 209 capillaires (103 pour les souris WT et 106 pour les souris ATX) démontrent que les souris ATX possèdent une vitesse des globules rouges (+40%) plus grande, un flux de globule rouge plus grand (+12%) et un flux capillaire plus élevé (+14%) sans démontrer pour aucun de ces paramètres, une différence statistiquement significative. L’hématocrite moyen (35±4% vs 33±2% ; p=0.71) et le diamètre moyen des vaisseaux (4.88±0.22μm vs 4.86±0.20μm ; p=0.23) étaient également comparables. La vitesse des globules rouges a démontré une faible corrélation avec le diamètre des vaisseaux (r=0.39) et avec le flux de globules rouges/seconde (r=0.59). En conclusion, les travaux menés dans le cadre de ce mémoire de maîtrise permettent d'envisager, grâce aux nouvelles méthodes d’imagerie cérébrale telle la TPLM, une meilleure compréhension des mécanismes hémodynamiques sous-jacents à la microcirculation cérébrale. L’effet d’une pression pulsée augmentée, tel que proposée dans l’athérosclérose reste cependant à démontrer avec cette méthode d’imagerie. / Many decades of research have given us a better understanding of the effects of atherosclerosis on different organs. For example, works on the cardiovascular effects of atherosclerosis have improved the prevention, screening and treatment resulting in a better prognosis. The effects of atherosclerosis on cerebral vessels are misunderstood even if the link between brain function and cerebral perfusion is well known. With the improvements in brain imaging, there are more possibilities to better define the physiopathology of brain perfusion and the impact of disease on cerebral microvasculature. First, this work reviews the theory behind the development of two-photon laser microscopy (TPLM) and the measure of hemodynamics in small vessels such as cerebral capillaries in mice. We also describe how we measured cerebral hemodynamics in anesthetized mice: red blood cell speed, red blood cell flux, blood hematocrit, and vessel diameter. We compared results obtained between normal mice (WT ; n=6) and pathological mice (ATX ; n=6), all aged 3 months old. ATX mice are well recognized to develop early atherosclerosis and served as a model for high pulse pressure. We measured 209 cerebral capillaries (103 on WT mice and 106 on ATX mice). ATX mice tend to show a trend toward a higher red blood cell speed (+40%), higher red blood cell flux (+12%) and higher capillary flux (+14%) in ATX mice. Mean hematocrit (35±4% vs 33±2% ; p=0.71) and mean vessel diameter (4.88±0.22μm vs 4.86±0.20μm ; p=0.23) were not statistically different between both groups. Red blood cell speed showed a weak correlation with vessel diameter (r=0.39) and red blood cell flux (r=0.59). In conclusion, the TPLM should permit a better understanding of the effect of vascular disease in cerebral hemodynamics. However, the effect of high pulse pressure on cerebral microvasculature needs to be better defined.

Title: The CVS method as a diagnostic of the cardiovascular system Objective: The aim of this thesis is to introduce the CVS (cardiovascular system) method as a potential diagnostic method to detect the overloading of the heart muscle, and thereby increased susceptibility to subsequent myocardial infarction and hypertension. Method: This thesis presents a data analysis on different groups of people, which were provided to us during the development of the CVS method. These were several groups of healthy individuals (athletes) and three groups of patients suffering from problems with the cardiovascular system (colaps conditions, obesity and hypertension). The groups were measured for their values of the heart rate and blood pressure at rest and during exercise on a bicycle ergometer. Subsequently the energy required to pump blood to the heart muscle and climbing speed pulse pressure depending on the heart rate was evaluated. Results: The CVS method shows differences in the energy consumption of the heart muscle in various groups of people. The results showed that at the same level of exercise the load of the heart muscle is higher by patients than by athletes. Considering the samples that we had available, the CVS method proved its diagnostic value when evaluating the overall effectiveness of the...

Le vieillissement vasculaire est un phénomène inéluctable. Il s'accompagne de modifications structurelles et fonctionnelles du système cardio-vasculaire constituant la rigidité vasculaire. Ce processus dégénératif affecte essentiellement la matrice extra cellulaire des artères élastiques. La perte de l'élasticité du système vasculaire va impacter la fonction ventriculaire gauche et la perfusion cardiaque, rénale et cérébrale par des mécanismes différents. La rigidité vasculaire est un puissant marqueur de risque cardio-vasculaire. Cette notion est peu répandue dans le domaine de la cardiologie interventionnelle alors qu'elle pourrait avoir des implications pronostiques et thérapeutiques importantes. Nous nous sommes intéressés à deux domaines de la cardiologie interventionnelle, pour lesquels la rigidité vasculaire pourrait ouvrir de nouvelles voies de recherche, la maladie coronaire et le traitement interventionnel du rétrécissement aortique. Concernant la maladie coronaire il existe un besoin de mieux comprendre la physiopathologie de la microcirculation et de l'ischémie myocardique. La survenue des accidents coronaires aigus reste également incomplètement comprise. Nous avons abordé la problématique par une approche épidémiologique en étudiant l'impact pronostique de la rigidité vasculaire sur la mortalité liée aux coronaropathies dans une cohorte de 1034 patients hypertendus avec 30 années de suivi. La rigidité vasculaire a été appréciée par la pression pulsée et un score d'athérosclérose de l'aorte abdominale. Un lien très fort a été mis en évidence entre la rigidité vasculaire et la survenue d'infarctus du myocarde. Nous avons ensuite développé un moyen d'étudier la rigidité vasculaire localement au niveau des artères coronaires. Nous avons mis au point une technique de mesure de la vitesse de l'onde de pouls coronaire. Cette technique repose sur l'utilisation d'un guide de pression ntra-coronaire et un algorithme breveté du traitement de signal. Nous sommes parvenus à mesurer une vitesse de l'onde de pouls sur 71 artères coronaires chez 49 patients. Nous avons observé une vitesse de l'onde de pouls plus lente témoignant d'artères plus compliantes chez les patients présentant un infarctus du myocarde en comparaison aux patients présentant un angor stable. Nous avons également constaté une augmentation de la vitesse de l'onde de pouls après implantation d'un stent endocoronaire témoignant d'une rigidification attendue de l'artère coronaire. Ces travaux pourraient ouvrir une nouvelle voie de recherche dans la compréhension de l'ischémie myocardique et de la survenue de l'accident coronaire aigu à savoir l'interaction rigidité vasculaire globale et rigidité locale coronaire. Concernant le traitement interventionnel du rétrécissement aortique, de nouveaux facteurs prédictifs du bénéfice de l'intervention sont nécessaires chez des patients souvent âgés et fragiles. Nous nous sommes intéressés à l'étude du volume de calcifications de l'aorte, reflet de la rigidité vasculaire. Ce paramètre a été mesuré par scanner chez des patients traités par remplacement valvulaire aortique par voie percutanée appelé TAVI pour transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Nous avons d'abord montré que le volume de calcifications de l'aorte ascendante était un puissant marqueur de risque indépendant de mortalité cardiaque et d'insuffisance cardiaque sur une série de 127 patients consécutifs traités par TAVI, avec un suivi médian de 907 jours. Ce travail a ensuite été complété en étudiant le volume de calcifications de l'aorte totale sur une série de 164 patients. Le volume de calcifications de l'aorte complète était prédicteur de mortalité totale et cardiaque. De plus, chaque segment d'aorte pris séparément (aorte ascendante, descendante et abdominale) prédisait la mortalité cardiaque. Enfin, seul le volume de calcifications du segment ascendant était prédicteur d'insuffisance cardiaque [etc…] / Vascular aging is an inevitable phenomenon. It is accompanied by structural and functional modifications of the cardiovascular system mainly referred to as vascular stiffening. This degenerative process essentially affects the extracellular matrix of the elastic arteries. The loss of elasticity of the vascular tree affects left ventricular function as well as cardiac, renal and cerebral perfusions involving different mechanisms. Vascular stiffness is a powerful risk marker of cardiovascular disease. However, most interventional cardiologists are not familiar with this concept while it may have both important prognostic and therapeutic implications. We tackled two areas of interventional cardiology, where vascular stiffness may open new fields of research; coronary artery disease and interventional treatment of aortic stenosis namely, transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). With regards to coronary artery disease there is a need to better understand the pathophysiology of microcirculation and myocardial ischemia. Moreover, the occurrence of acute coronary events is also incompletely understood. Our first approach was epidemiological. We studied the prognostic impact of vascular stiffness on coronary artery disease mortality in a cohort of 1034 hypertensive patients after 30 years of follow-up. Vascular stiffness was assessed both by pulse pressure and by a score related to atherosclerosis of the abdominal aorta. A strong link was found between vascular stiffness and the occurrence of myocardial infarction and coronary artery disease related deaths. We then developed a way to study the local vascular stiffness at coronary artery level by measuring coronary pulse wave velocity. This technique relies on the use of an intracoronary pressure wire and a patented signal processing algorithm. We measured a coronary pulse wave velocity on 71 coronary arteries in 49 patients. Interestingly, patients with acute coronary syndromes had a lower coronary pulse wave velocity (which means more compliant arteries) when compared to patients with stable coronary artery disease. After an endocoronary stent implantation we noticed an increase of coronary pulse wave velocity in line with an expected stiffening. This work opens a new avenue of research regarding coronary perfusion physiology and plaque complications by studying the interaction of regional vascular stiffness and local coronary stiffness. Regarding TAVI, a procedure that often concerns elderly and frail patients, new factors predicting the benefit of the intervention are needed. We studied aortic calcifications as a surrogate of vascular stiffness. This parameter was measured by CT scan before TAVI. We first showed in 127 consecutive patients with a median follow-up of 907 days that ascending aorta calcifications were a powerful risk marker of cardiac mortality and heart failure after TAVI. This study was then completed by studying the volume of the whole aorta in 164 patients. The volume of calcifications of the whole aorta was a predictor of both all-cause and cardiac mortality. In addition, each segment of aorta taken separately (ascending, descending and abdominal aorta) predicted cardiac mortality. Finally, only ascending aorta calcifications predicted heart failure. These results support the hypothesis that ascending aorta calcifications are a marker of vascular stiffness and contribute to the left ventricular afterload. Moreover the volume of the whole aorta could mirror the global atherosclerosis burden of the patient. This easily measurable parameter could thus represent a new risk stratification tool in patients treated with TAVI. This work on vascular stiffness opens a new field of research in several areas of interventional cardiology. Regarding coronary artery disease, coronary pulse wave velocity could represent a way to better understand coronary perfusion, microcirculation, ischemia and the occurrence of coronary plaque rupture [etc...]

Abstract Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), a common complication of elevated blood pressure (BP), is a risk factor for cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality. Adiponectin has been shown to have cardioprotective effects and is inversely associated with LVH. BP can be measured at a clinical visit, as a momentary value. Ambulatory blood pressure (APB) measurement (ABPM) is a method of repeated BP measurements through a defined period, targeted to evaluate the circadian BP profile. High BP and ABPM have been shown to be associated with LVH and left ventricular diastolic dysfunction (LVDD). A high sodium intake has been associated with elevated BP and adverse CV outcome. The aim of this study was to investigate the associations between adiponectin and left ventricular mass index (LVMI), a measure of LVH, ABPM and the development of LVDD during long-term follow-up, ABPM and the change in LVMI during long-term follow-up, and the role of dietary sodium intake in the incidence of AF. Adiponectin has been shown to have vasoprotective, anti-inflammatory and cardioprotective effects. Hypoadiponectinemia has been associated with hypertension, coronary artery disease (CAD) and LVH. In this study, adiponectin levels were inversely associated with LVMI, even after adjustment with conventional risk factors of LVH, in a fairly large sample of middle-aged subjects. Elevated BP and pulse pressure (PP) have been associated with echocardiographic measures of LVDD. In this study, the association between APBM and the development of LVDD during a 20-year follow-up was evaluated. Ambulatory PP (APP) was shown to independently associate with the development of LVDD, even after adjustment with conventional risk factors of LVDD. APBM has been associated with LVH in cross-sectional assessments and has also been shown to have predictive value in future LVMI or LVH. In a few studies the predictive value of APP in future LVMI was observed. In the present study, an increase in APP was shown to predict the change in LVMI during long-term follow-up. In this study, the association between dietary sodium intake and the incidence of AF was evaluated. A high sodium intake predicted the occurrence of AF, which is a novel finding. In conclusion, this study offers novel findings about predictive factors in the entity of cardiac remodelling. / Tiivistelmä Vasemman kammion hypertrofia on yleinen kohonneen verenpaineen seuraus ja sen on todettu olevan sydän- ja verisuonitapahtumien riskitekijä. Adiponektiinin on osoitettu suojaavan vasemman kammion hypertrofialta. Ambulatorinen verenpaineen mittaus on menetelmä, jossa verenpaine mitataan määritellyllä ajanjaksolla toistuvasti, mikä antaa kuvan verenpaineesta vuorokauden eri jaksoissa. Kohonneella ambulatorisella verenpaineella on osoitettu olevan yhteys vasemman kammion hypertrofiaan sekä vasemman kammion diastoliseen vajaatoimintaan. Runsas natriumin saanti on yhteydessä kohonneeseen verenpaineeseen sekä sydän- ja verisuonisairauksiin. Tämän tutkimuksen tarkoituksena on selvittää yhteyksiä adiponektiinin ja vasemman kammion massaindeksin välillä, ambulatorisen verenpaineen ja vasemman kammion diastolisen vajaatoiminnan kehittymisen välillä, ambulatorisen verenpaineen ja vasemman kammion massaindeksin muutoksen välillä sekä natriumin saannin ja eteisvärinän ilmaantuvuuden välillä. Adiponektiinilla on todettu olevan suotuisia vaikutuksia verisuonistoon, tulehdusreaktion hillintään sekä sydänlihakseen. Matalan adiponektiinitason on osoitettu olevan yhteydessä verenpainetautiin, sepelvaltimotautiin sekä vasemman kammion hypertrofiaan. Tässä tutkimuksessa adiponektiinihormonilla osoitettiin olevan käänteinen yhteys vasemman kammion massaindeksiin, vaikka perinteiset riskitekijät otettiin huomioon. Kohonneella verenpaineella sekä pulssipaineella on osoitettu olevan yhteys vasemman kammion diastoliseen vajaatoimintaan. Tässä tutkimuksessa arvioitiin ambulatorisen verenpaineen merkitystä vasemman kammion diastolisen vajaatoiminnan kehittymisessä. Ambulatorinen pulssipaine osoittautui riskitekijäksi, vaikka perinteiset riskitekijät otettiin huomioon. Ambulatorisella verenpaineella ja pulssipaineella on osoitettu olevan yhteys vasemman kammion hypertrofiaan poikkileikkaustutkimuksissa ja seurantatutkimuksissa. Tässä tutkimuksessa ambulatorisen pulssipaineen nousun havaittiin ennustavan vasemman kammion massaindeksin kasvua pitkäaikaisseurannassa. Tässä tutkimuksessa korkean natriumin saannin todettiin olevan yhteydessä lisääntyneeseen eteisvärinän ilmaantuvuuteen. Tätä yhteyttä ei ole aiemmin todettu muissa tutkimuksissa. Tässä tutkimuksessa löydettiin uusia riskitekijöitä sydämen patologisiin ilmentymiin liittyen.

Orientador: Francisco José Teixeira Neto / Resumo: Objetivo: Avaliar os efeitos da perda moderada de sangue seguida por reposição volêmica (RV) no índice de volume sanguíneo intratorácico (ITBVI), índice do volume global diastólico final (GEDVI), variação da pressão de pulso (VPP) e variação do volume sistólico (VVS).Delineamento experimental: Estudo prospectivo aleatorizado.Animais: Sete cães da raça Pointer Inglês (20 a 31,2 kg).Métodos: A anestesia foi mantida com sevofluorano sob ventilação mecânica no modo volume controlado com bloqueio neuromuscular induzido pelo atracúrio. A concentração expirada de sevofluorano (ETsevo), foi ajustada de forma a inibir alterações na frequência cardíaca e na pressão arterial média (PAM) em resposta à estimulação nociceptiva (< 20% mudança relativa). As variáveis estudadas foram registradas no momento basal, após retirada de 14 a 16 mL/kg da volemia e após a RV com sangue autólogo. Resultados: A anestesia foi mantida com 3,1 ± 0,3% de ETsevo. Um animal discrepante (“outlier”) não foi incluído da análise estatística. A hemorragia diminuiu significativamente (P < 0,05) o índice cardíaco (IC), índice sistólico (IS) e PAM em 20-25% dos valores basais (variações percentuais nos valores médios). A RV aumentou significativamente a PAM em relação aos valores registrados após hemorragia (31% de aumento); enquanto o IC e IS elevaram-se significativamente após a RV (29-30% acima dos valores basais). Após a hemorragia, o ITBVI e GEDVI se reduziram significativamente em 15% em relação aos val... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Objective: To evaluate the effects moderate blood loss followed by volume replacement (VR) on intra-thoracic blood volume index (ITBVI), global end-diastolic volume index (GEDVI), pulse pressure variation (PPV), and stroke volume variation (SVV).Study design: Prospective, randomized study.Animals: Seven English Pointer dogs (20.0–31.2 kg).Methods: Anesthesia was maintained with sevoflurane under volume-controlled ventilation and atracurium induced neuromuscular blockade. End-expired sevoflurane (ETsevo) concentrations were adjusted to inhibit heart rate and mean arterial blood pressure (MAP) changes in response to nociceptive stimulation (< 20% relative change). Data recorded at baseline, after withdrawal of 14–16 mL kg-1 of blood volume and after VR with autologous blood.Results: Anesthesia was maintained with 3.1 ± 0.3 vol% of ETsevo concentrations. One outlier was excluded from the statistical analysis. Hemorrhage significantly (P < 0.05) decreased cardiac index (CI), stroke index (SI), and MAP by 20–25% from baseline (percent changes in mean values). Volume replacement significantly increased MAP in comparison to values recorded after hemorrhage (31% increase); while CI and SI were significantly increased after VR in comparison hemorrhage and to baseline (29–30% above baseline). The ITBVI and GEDVI were decreased by 15% from baseline after blood loss; while VR significantly increased ITBVI and GEDVI by 21% from values recorded after hemorrhage. Relat... (Complete abstract click electronic access below) / Mestre

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Introdução: A fluidoterapia é o tratamento de primeira linha para pacientes em choque hemorrágico ou choque séptico para restauração do volume circulante e da perfusão tecidual, mas diversas questões relacionadas a este tópico permanecem em debate, particularmente em relação às metas de ressuscitação representadas por variáveis fisiológicas a serem atingidas. A variação de pressão de pulso (VPP) já foi proposta como índice confiável para predição de fluido-responsividade em pacientes sob ventilação mecânica, mas requer avaliação complementar em variadas condições fisiopatológicas. Objetivo: O propósito do presente estudo foi comparar, em um modelo experimental de choque hemorrágico agudo com endotoxemia, uma estratégia de ressuscitação volêmica aguda guiada por VPP e pressão arterial média (PAM) a outra baseada em metas de ressuscitação convencionalmente empregadas envolvendo pressão venosa central (PVC), PAM e saturação venosa mista de oxigênio (SvO2). O modelo experimental foi desenvolvido para esta finalidade e cada variável empregada como meta foi adicionalmente avaliada quanto à capacidade de predição de fluido-responsividade. Métodos: Cinquenta e um porcos foram anestesiados, mecanicamente ventilados e, após preparo, aleatoriamente divididos em seis grupos: controle (Sham, n=8); infusão intravenosa de endotoxina em doses decrescentes (LPS, n=8); choque hemorrágico obtido por meio da retirada de 50% da volemia estimada em 20 minutos (Hemo, n=8); choque hemorrágico com endotoxemia conforme protocolos dos grupos LPS e Hemo (Hemo+LPS, n=9); choque hemorrágico com endotoxemia e, após 60 minutos, ressuscitação com cristalóides para atingir metas: PVC 12-15 mmHg, PAM &#8805; 65 mmHg e SvO2 &#8805; 65% (Conv, n=9); choque hemorrágico com endotoxemia e, após 60 minutos, ressuscitação com cristalóides para atingir as metas VPP &#8804; 13% e PAM &#8805; 65 mmHg (dPP, n=9). Tratamentos foram realizados por três horas. Além da avaliação hemodinâmica incluindo termodiluição e ecocardiografia transesofágica, foram realizadas gasometria arterial com mensuração de eletrólitos e lactato, gasometria venosa mista e tonometria intestinal. Ventilação regional foi avaliada por tomografia por impedância elétrica. Mensuração de citocinas séricas e exames histopatológicos pulmonares também foram efetuados. Resultados: Todos os animais dos quatro grupos que receberam a endotoxina desenvolveram hipertensão pulmonar e lesão pulmonar aguda ao longo do experimento. O grupo Hemo+LPS apresentou alta mortalidade (56%), com alterações hemodinâmicas mais acentuadas do que as observadas nos grupos Hemo e LPS. Os grupos Conv e dPP apresentaram o mesmo grau de comprometimento hemodinâmico observado inicialmente no grupo Hemo+LPS, mas houve rápida recuperação em reposta ao tratamento e todos sobreviveram. Entre os grupos tratados não houve diferenças significantes em relação ao volume de cristalóides administrado (volume total, P=0,066) ou ao débito urinário, mas a PVC no grupo Conv foi significantemente superior à dos grupos dPP (P=0,031) e Sham (P=0,048) ao final do protocolo. Entre as variáveis utilizadas como metas, áreas sob as curvas de características operacionais para predição de fluido-responsividade foram maiores para PVC (0,77; IC95%, 0,68-0,86) e VPP (0,74; IC95%, 0,65-0,83), sendo ambas estas variáveis selecionadas por regressão logística múltipla como variáveis independentes para predição de não-responsividade ao desafio volêmico (PVC: P=0,001, razão de chances, 1,7; IC95%, 1,25-2,32 e VPP: P=0,01, razão de chances, 0,91; IC95%, 0,84-0,98). O melhor valor de corte para VPP para maximização de sua função preditiva foi 15%, com sensibilidade 0,75 (IC95%, 0,63-0,85) e especificidade 0,64 (IC95% 0,49-0,77%). Resultados falso-positivos para VPP foram observados em condições de pressão arterial pulmonar média &#8805; 27 mmHg e gradiente transpulmonar &#8805; 14 mmHg, acompanhados de índice de resistência vascular pulmonar médio &gt; 3 unidades Wood. Resultados falso-negativos também foram constatados. Conclusões: O presente modelo experimental de choque hemorrágico agudo com endotoxemia produziu intenso comprometimento hemodinâmico, hipertensão pulmonar, lesão pulmonar aguda e, na ausência de tratamento, alta mortalidade. Nestas condições, a ressuscitação aguda com cristalóides guiada por VPP e PAM não produziu resultados inferiores à estratégia guiada por metas de ressuscitação convencionalmente estabelecidas, com base em PVC, PAM e SvO2. A principal diferença em desfecho entre as estratégias de ressuscitação foi indução de uma PVC significantemente maior no segundo grupo, ao final do protocolo. Apesar de seus desempenhos individuais terem sido considerados limitados em relação à predição de fluido-responsividade, PVC e VPP foram preditoras independentes de não-responsividade ao desafio volêmico, de modo que sua aplicação em conjunto deva ser investigada. VPP é proposta como uma variável adicional para auxiliar no monitoramento de pacientes, sendo o conhecimento de suas limitações indispensável. / Introduction: Fluid therapy is first-line treatment for patients in hemorrhagic or septic shock for the restoration of circulating volume and tissue perfusion, but several issues remain under debate, particularly regarding resuscitation goals represented by physiological variables to be achieved. Pulse pressure variation (PPV) has been proposed as a reliable index for the prediction of fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated patients, but further evaluation for its use in diverse conditions is required. Objective: To compare acute fluid resuscitation guided by PPV and mean arterial pressure (MAP) to another strategy consisting of conventionally-established goals, based on central venous pressure (CVP), MAP and mixed-venous oxygen saturation (SvO2), during experimental acute hemorrhagic shock with endotoxemia. An experimental model was developed to this end and each variable used as resuscitation goal was evaluated additionally for its ability to predict fluid-responsiveness. Methods: Fifty-one pigs were anesthetized, mechanically ventilated and, after preparation, randomized into six groups: control (Sham, n=8); intravenous infusion of endotoxin in decreasing doses (LPS, n=8); hemorrhagic shock of 50% the estimated blood volume in 20 minutes (Hemo, n=8); hemorrhagic shock with endotoxemia in accordance with protocols in groups LPS and Hemo (Hemo+LPS, n=9); hemorrhagic shock with endotoxemia followed by resuscitation with crystalloids, after 60 minutes, to achieve and maintain CVP 12-15 mmHg, MAP &#8805; 65 mmHg and SvO2 &#8805; 65% (Conv, n=9); hemorrhagic shock with endotoxemia followed by resuscitation with crystalloids, after 60 minutes, to achieve and maintain PPV &#8804; 13% and MAP &#8805; 65 mmHg (dPP, n=9). Treatments lasted for three hours. In addition to hemodynamic assessment including thermodilution and transesophageal echocardiography, arterial blood-gases with measurement of electrolytes and lactate, mixed-venous blood-gases and intestinal tonometry were performed. Regional ventilation was evaluated by electrical impedance tomography. Lung histopathology and measurement of serum cytokines were performed as well. Results: All animals from the four groups submitted to endotoxemia developed pulmonary hypertension and acute lung injury over the experimental period. Group Hemo+LPS presented with a high mortality rate (56%) and hemodynamic impairment which was more intense than that observed in groups Hemo or LPS. Groups Conv and dPP developed the same degree of hemodynamic compromise observed in group Hemo+LPS initially, but there was quick recovery in response to treatment and all pigs survived. Between treated groups there were no significant differences in amounts of crystalloids infused (total volume, P=0.066) or in urinary output, but CVP in group Conv was significantly higher than in groups dPP (P=0.031) and Sham (P=0.048) at the end of the study period. Among variables used as goals, areas under the receiver-operator characteristic curves regarding prediction of fluid-responsiveness were larger for CVP (0.77; 95%CI, 0.68-0.86) and PPV (0.74; 95%CI, 0.65-0.83), and both these variables were selected by multiple logistic regression as independent predictors of non-responsiveness to fluid challenge (CVP: P=0.001, odds ratio, 1.7; 95%CI, 1.25-2.32 and PPV: P=0.010, odds ratio, 0.91; 95%CI, 0.84-0.98). Best cutoff value to maximize the predictive function of PPV was 15%, with sensitivity 0.75 (95%CI, 0.63-0.85) and specificity 0.64 (95%CI 0.49-0.77). False positive results for PPV were observed at mean arterial pressure &#8805; 27 mmHg and transpulmonary gradient &#8805; 14 mmHg, with mean pulmonary vascular resistance index &gt; 3 Wood units. False negative results were also detected. Conclusions: This model of acute hemorrhagic shock with endotoxemia produced severe hemodynamic compromise, pulmonary hypertension, acute lung injury and, in the absence of treatment, a high mortality rate. In this setting, acute resuscitation with crystalloids guided by PPV and MAP was not inferior to the strategy guided by conventionally-established goals, based on CVP, MAP and SvO2. The main difference in outcome between resuscitation strategies was the induction of a significantly higher CVP in the second group, at the end of protocol. Although their individual performances were considered limited for the prediction of fluid-responsiveness, CVP and PPV were independent predictors of non-responsiveness to fluid challenge, so that their combined use should be investigated further. PPV is proposed as an additional variable to aid in patient monitoring, but awareness of its limitations is indispensable.

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