Rubabin Tooba1, Allaa Almoushref2, Adriano R Tonelli3,4. 1. Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue A-90, Cleveland, OH, 44195, USA. toobar@ccf.org. 2. Division of Immunity and Inflammation, Lerner Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. 3. Department of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Respiratory Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA. 4. Pathobiology Division, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: In patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), it remains unknown if the response to the acute pulmonary vasoreactivity test changes over time and determines prognosis. METHODS: We included PAH patients who underwent two right heart catheterizations (RHC) with acute vasoreactivity challenge using inhaled nitric oxide (NO). The hemodynamic response was assessed by absolute or percentage change in mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) or pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). RESULTS: We included 54 patients, age 51 ± 17 years, and 44 (82%) female. The median (IQR) time between the two RHC was 24.5 months (14.8-42 months). The percentage drop in mPAP was less pronounced in the second RHC (- 8.6 ± 8.1 versus - 12.3 ± 13.8 mmHg, p = 0.02). A total of 8 (14%) patients met criteria for a positive vasodilatory test during the first RHC but only 1 during the second. Patients with increased vasoreactivity at second RHC were more likely to receive (a) treatment with phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5-inh) at first RHC (56% versus 27%, p = 0.04) and (b) more PAH-specific medications by second RHC (2.3 ± 0.8 versus 1.8 ± 0.9, p = 0.03). Cox survival analysis showed that change in mPAP or PVR during vasodilatory challenge at or between the first and second RHC had no impact on survival. CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary vascular reactivity to inhaled NO might decrease over time; however, there is great variability among patients. The use of PDE5-inh at first RHC and number of PAH-specific treatments by the second RHC were associated with an improvement in pulmonary vasoreactivity over time.
BACKGROUND: In patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH), it remains unknown if the response to the acute pulmonary vasoreactivity test changes over time and determines prognosis. METHODS: We included PAHpatients who underwent two right heart catheterizations (RHC) with acute vasoreactivity challenge using inhaled nitric oxide (NO). The hemodynamic response was assessed by absolute or percentage change in mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) or pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). RESULTS: We included 54 patients, age 51 ± 17 years, and 44 (82%) female. The median (IQR) time between the two RHC was 24.5 months (14.8-42 months). The percentage drop in mPAP was less pronounced in the second RHC (- 8.6 ± 8.1 versus - 12.3 ± 13.8 mmHg, p = 0.02). A total of 8 (14%) patients met criteria for a positive vasodilatory test during the first RHC but only 1 during the second. Patients with increased vasoreactivity at second RHC were more likely to receive (a) treatment with phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5-inh) at first RHC (56% versus 27%, p = 0.04) and (b) more PAH-specific medications by second RHC (2.3 ± 0.8 versus 1.8 ± 0.9, p = 0.03). Cox survival analysis showed that change in mPAP or PVR during vasodilatory challenge at or between the first and second RHC had no impact on survival. CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary vascular reactivity to inhaled NO might decrease over time; however, there is great variability among patients. The use of PDE5-inh at first RHC and number of PAH-specific treatments by the second RHC were associated with an improvement in pulmonary vasoreactivity over time.
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