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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY
卷 168, 期 3, 页码 2248-2254出版社
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.01.210
关键词
Arteries; Congenital heart disease; Pulmonary arterial hypertension; Tissue; Structure
资金
- NIHR Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit
- Royal Brompton Hospital and National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London
- British Heart Foundation
- Royal Brompton
- Harefield NHS Trust Charitable Fund
Background: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is considered primarily a disease of the distal pulmonary arteries whereas little is known on the effect of long-standing pulmonary hypertension on the larger proximal pulmonary arteries. This study aims to investigate the structural changes in the great arteries of adults who developed PAH in association with congenital heart disease (CHD), with severe cases termed Eisenmenger syndrome. Methods: We performed macroscopic and light microscopy analyses on the great arteries of 10 formalin-fixed human hearts from patients with PAH/CHD and compared them to age-matched healthy controls. A detailed histology grading score was used to assess the severity of medial wall abnormalities. Results: Severe atherosclerotic lesions were found macroscopically in the elastic pulmonary arteries of 4 PAH/CHD specimens and organised thrombi in 3; none were present in the controls. Significant medial wall abnormalities were present in the pulmonary trunk (PT), including fibrosis (80%), and atypical elastic pattern (80%). Cyst-like formations were present in less than one third of patients and were severe in a single case leading to wall rupture. The cumulative PT histology grading score was significantly higher in PAH/CHD cases compared to controls (p<0.0001) and correlated positively with larger PT diameters (rho=0.812, p<0.0001) and the degree of medial wall hypertrophy (rho=0.749, p<0.0001). Conclusions: Chronic PAH in association with CHD results in marked macroscopic and histological abnormalities in the large pulmonary arteries. These abnormalities are likely to affect haemodynamics and contribute to morbidity and mortality in this cohort. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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