Thesis (M.A.)--Boston University

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Orientador: Wilson Nadruz Júnior / Dissertação (mestrado) - Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas / Made available in DSpace on 2018-08-25T05:29:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Mendes_PauloRobertoAraujo_M.pdf: 976609 bytes, checksum: d5b069ade658cb23f9494d04dbbb255d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014 / Resumo: Pacientes hipertensos estão predispostos ao remodelamento do ventrículo esquerdo (VE) e frequentemente apresentam queda na função pulmonar quando comparados à população geral. Neste estudo investigamos a associação entre dados espirométricos e ecocardiográficos em indivíduos hipertensos não fumantes. Num estudo transversal, 107 pacientes hipertensos (60 mulheres) foram avaliados por análises clínicas, hemodinâmicas, laboratoriais e ecocardiográficos. A capacidade vital (CV), a capacidade vital forçada (CVF), o volume expiratório forçado no primeiro segundo (VEF1), o volume expiratório forçado no sexto segundo (VEF6) e a relação VEF1\CVF foram medidos através de espirometria. Nas mulheres, o índice de massa do VE e a relação E\Em correlacionaram-se com variáveis espirométricas, enquanto que a espessura relativa da parede somente se correlacionou com o percentual de CVF previsto. Nos homens, somente o índice de massa do VE se correlacionou com variáveis espirométricas. Análise de regressão tipo stepwise mostrou que o índice de massa do VE não esteve associado com nemhum parâmetro espirométrico após ajuste para os potenciais confundidores nos homens, enquanto que CVF e VEF6 se associaram de maneira significativa com a massa do VE e a relação E\Em no sexo feminino. Entretanto, marcadores inflamatórios tais como Proteína C reativa plasmática e os níveis séricos de metaloproteinases 2 e 9 não influenciaram estas associações. Em conclusão, o declínio na função pulmonar está independentemente associado com maior massa e pior função diastólica do VE em mulheres hipertensas / Abstract: Hypertensive patients are predisposed to left ventricular (LV) remodeling and frequently exhibit decline in lung function as compared to the general population. Here, we investigated the association between spirometric and echocardiographic data in non-smoking hypertensive subjects. In a cross-sectional study, 107 hypertensive patients (60 women) were evaluated by clinical, hemodynamic, laboratory and echocardiographic analysis. Vital capacity, forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expired volume in 1s (FEV1) and in 6s (FEV6) and FEV1/FVC ratio were estimated by spirometry. In women, LV mass index and E/Em ratio correlated with spirometric variables, while relative wall thickness only correlated with the percentage of predicted FVC. In men, only LV mass index correlated with spirometric variables. Stepwise regression analysis showed that LV mass index did not associate with any spirometric parameter after adjustment for potential confounders in men, while markers of restrictive and obstructive lung dysfunction, such as reduced FVC and FEV6, were significantly associated with LV mass and E/Em ratio in women. Furthermore, inflammatory markers such plasma C-reactive protein and matrix-metalloproteinases-2 and -9 levels did not influence these associations. In conclusion, decline in lung function is independently associated with higher LV mass and worse LV diastolic function in hypertensive women / Mestrado / Clinica Medica / Mestre em Clinica Medica

The endotracheal (ET) route for the administration of selected drugs has been proposed as an effective alternate route of drug administration during emergency situations when an intravenous (IV) line cannot be established. Lidocaine may be beneficial in the treatment of ventricular fibrillation (VF) resulting from acute myocardial infarction, although this hypothesis has not been confirmed in the literature. The efficacy of lidocaine in the treatment of ventricular fibrillation due to acute coronary artery ligation was examined, as well as the use of the endotracheal route as an alternative to IV injection. Rabbits were anesthetized with sodium pentobarbital or halothane, intubated with an endotracheal tube, and animals receiving pentobarbital were mechanically respired. Ventricular fibrillation was produced by occlusion of the left circumflex coronary artery, or by subsequent reperfusion of ischemic myocardium. Endotracheal administration of 2mg/Kg lidocaine (2mg/ml in normal saline) resulted in lower peak plasma lidocaine concentrations initially compared with IV injection, but more sustained levels in the therapeutic range for lidocaine (p<0.05). Administration of lidocaine either IV or ET during ventricular fibrillation resulted in a significant increase (p<0.05) in plasma lidocaine concentrations during the first minute compared with controls. During ventricular fibrillation there was no significant difference between plasma lidocaine levels following IV or ET administration. Administration of lidocaine 2mg/Kg endotracheally (in normal saline) during VF resulted in a significant decrease in the duration of fibrillation compared with untreated and normal saline controls (p <0.001). / Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of / Graduate

Left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) is more frequently associated with LV dilatation and systolic chamber dysfunction in males than in females. The mechanisms of this effect are uncertain. As excessive adrenergic stimulation may be responsible for LV dilatation and systolic chamber dysfunction in hypertension, in my dissertation I aimed to assess whether gender determines the adverse effects on LV chamber remodeling following 6 months of daily β-adrenergic receptor (AR) stimulation (isoproterenol [ISO] at 0.04 mg.kg-1day-1) in spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR). LV dilatation was assessed in vivo from LV end diastolic diameter (EDD) (echocardiography) and ex vivo from the volume intercept at 0 mm Hg pressure (V0) of the LV diastolic pressure-volume relationship (isolated, perfused heart technique). LV systolic function was determined in vivo from LV endocardial fractional shortening (FSend) and ex vivo from the slope (LV end systolic elastance [LV Ees]) of the LV end systolic pressure-volume relationship (isolated, perfused heart technique). As compared to saline-treated male SHR (n=13), male SHR receiving ISO for 6 months (n=13) developed an increased LV EDD (Male Saline: 6.56±0.20 mm; Male ISO: 7.78±0.29 mm; p<0.05) and LV V0 (Male Saline: 0.22±0.01 ml; Male ISO: 0.31±0.02 ml; p<0.05). In contrast, ISO administration failed to modify LV EDD (Female Saline, n=13: 6.06±0.15 mm; Female ISO, n=12: 6.33±0.15 mm) or LV V0 (Female Saline: 0.17±0.01ml; Female ISO: 0.17±0.01 ml) in female SHR. In addition, there was a gender-ISO interactive effect on LV Ees (p<0.05; Male Saline: 2268±336 mmHg.ml-1; Male ISO: 1623±164 mmHg.ml-1; Female Saline: 1910±219 mmHg.ml-1; Female ISO: 2302±230 mmHg.ml-1). In conclusion, as compared to female SHR, male SHR are more susceptible to the adverse effects of chronic β-AR activation on LV cavity dimensions and systolic chamber function. These results suggest that the higher prevalence of LV dilatation and systolic chamber dysfunction in males than in females with LVH may be attributed to an increased susceptibility to the adverse effects of adrenergic stimulation.

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<p>Knowledge of the leftventricular (LV) pressure-volume relation, along withparameters derived from this relation, have led to newpossibilities for the characterisation of cardiac pumpfunction, in both experimental studies and clinicalsettings.</p><p>The pressure-volume diagram is apowerful tool for visualising LV performance, but in order tobe clinically useful it is necessary to make plots continuouslyand on-line. The conductance catheter technique offers thispossibility. The conductance catheter system has experiencedgrowing interest among cardiologists, physiologists, surgeons,and anaesthesiologists around the world as a powerful newresearch tool, but the invasiveness of this technique has beena limiting factor for most clinical applications. The catheterneeds to be thinner and softer in order to make this techniquemore suitable for human use.</p><p>This thesis reports of a newthin and soft conductance catheter for continuously and on-linemeasurements of LV pressure and volume.</p><p>One way to reduce both cathetersize and stiffness is to decrease the number of electrodes onthe catheter. Theoretical calculations shown in this thesisproves that it is possible to obtain the same performance witha single segment catheter as with a five-segment catheter. Thethin catheter has been tested and compared to a commercialfive-segment conductance catheter in animal studies.</p><p>We conclude that the thin singlesegment conductance catheter can measure left ventricularvolume and pessure. The regression coefficient between the twomethods is good independent of loading condition and duringbaseline conditions the catheters produce very similar volumecurves. During preload reduction the estimated volume reductionis different in the two systems.</p><p>Our thin catheter does notdisturb the heart's normal electrophysiology, neither by thecatheter current nor by any mechanical stimuli. The resultsdemonstrates that our thin, soft, single segment conductancecatheter has performance characteristics which warrant furtherdevelopment, with the goal to make the method available forhuman use.</p>

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Alabama at Birmingham, 2006. / Description based on information viewed Oct. 3, 2006; title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references (p. 87-90).