The differential impact of the Left Atrial pressure components on Pulmonary Arterial Compliance-Resistance relationship in Heart Failure

: The pulmonary capillary wedge pressure (PAWP) rise has been shown to impact on the inherent relationship between the pulmonary arterial compliance (PAC) and pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), thus augmenting the pulsatile relative to the resistive load of the right ventricle (RV). However, the PAWP comprises the integration of both the steady and the pulsatile pressure components. We sought to address the differential impact of the these distinct PAWP components on the PAC-PVR relationship in a cohort of heart failure (HF) patients.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Failure - Category: Cardiology Authors: Source Type: research