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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY-HEART AND CIRCULATORY PHYSIOLOGY
Volume 289, Issue 4, Pages H1391-H1398Publisher
AMER PHYSIOLOGICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00332.2005
Keywords
dobutamine; right ventricle; left ventricle; echocardiography
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Hypoxia has been reported to alter left ventricular (LV) diastolic function, but associated changes in right ventricular (RV) systolic and diastolic function remain incompletely documented. We used echocardiography and tissue Doppler imaging to investigate the effects on RV and LV function of 90 min of hypoxic breathing (fraction of inspired O-2 of 0.12) compared with those of dobutamine to reproduce the same heart rate effects without change in pulmonary vascular tone in 25 healthy volunteers. Hypoxia and dobutamine increased cardiac output and tricuspid regurgitation velocity. Hypoxia and dobutamine increased LV ejection fraction, isovolumic contraction wave velocity (ICV), acceleration (ICA), and systolic ejection wave velocity (S) at the mitral annulus, indicating increased LV systolic function. Dobutamine had similar effects on RV indexes of systolic function. Hypoxia did not change RV area shortening fraction, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, ICV, ICA, and S at the tricuspid annulus. Regional longitudinal wall motion analysis revealed that S, systolic strain, and strain rate were not affected by hypoxia and increased by dobutamine on the RV free wall and interventricular septum but increased by both dobutamine and hypoxia on the LV lateral wall. Hypoxia increased the isovolumic relaxation time related to RR interval (IRT/RR) at both annuli, delayed the onset of the E wave at the tricuspid annulus, and decreased the mitral and tricuspid inflow and annuli E/A ratio. We conclude that hypoxia in normal subjects is associated with altered diastolic function of both ventricles, improved LV systolic function, and preserved RV systolic function.
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