Journal article
Severe pulmonary hypertension associated with lung disease is characterised by a loss of small pulmonary vessels on quantitative computed tomography
ERJ open research, Vol.8(2), 00503-2021
04/2022
DOI: 10.1183/23120541.00503-2021
PMCID: PMC9108962
PMID: 35586449
Abstract
Pulmonary hypertension (PH) in patients with chronic lung disease (CLD) predicts reduced functional status, clinical worsening and increased mortality, with patients with severe PH-CLD (≥35 mmHg) having a significantly worse prognosis than mild to moderate PH-CLD (21-34 mmHg). The aim of this cross-sectional study was to assess the association between computed tomography (CT)-derived quantitative pulmonary vessel volume, PH severity and disease aetiology in CLD.
Treatment-naïve patients with CLD who underwent CT pulmonary angiography, lung function testing and right heart catheterisation were identified from the ASPIRE registry between October 2012 and July 2018. Quantitative assessments of total pulmonary vessel and small pulmonary vessel volume were performed.
90 patients had PH-CLD including 44 associated with COPD/emphysema and 46 with interstitial lung disease (ILD). Patients with severe PH-CLD (n=40) had lower small pulmonary vessel volume compared to patients with mild to moderate PH-CLD (n=50). Patients with PH-ILD had significantly reduced small pulmonary blood vessel volume, compared to PH-COPD/emphysema. Higher mortality was identified in patients with lower small pulmonary vessel volume.
Patients with severe PH-CLD, regardless of aetiology, have lower small pulmonary vessel volume compared to patients with mild-moderate PH-CLD, and this is associated with a higher mortality. Whether pulmonary vessel changes quantified by CT are a marker of remodelling of the distal pulmonary vasculature requires further study.
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- Title: Subtitle
- Severe pulmonary hypertension associated with lung disease is characterised by a loss of small pulmonary vessels on quantitative computed tomography
- Creators
- Dheyaa Alkhanfar - University of SheffieldYousef Shahin - University of SheffieldFaisal Alandejani - University of SheffieldKrit Dwivedi - University of SheffieldSamer Alabed - University of SheffieldChris Johns - Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation TrustAllan Lawrie - University of SheffieldA A Roger Thompson - University of SheffieldAlexander M K Rothman - University of SheffieldJuerg Tschirren - Vida Diagnostics (United States)Johanna M Uthoff - University of SheffieldEric Hoffman - University of IowaRobin Condliffe - Royal Hallamshire HospitalJim M Wild - University of SheffieldDavid G Kiely - InsigneoAndrew J Swift - University of Sheffield
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- ERJ open research, Vol.8(2), 00503-2021
- DOI
- 10.1183/23120541.00503-2021
- PMID
- 35586449
- PMCID
- PMC9108962
- NLM abbreviation
- ERJ Open Res
- ISSN
- 2312-0541
- eISSN
- 2312-0541
- Grant note
- DOI: 10.13039/100004440, name: Wellcome Trust, award: 205188/Z/16/Z, 206632/Z/17/Z
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 04/2022
- Academic Unit
- Roy J. Carver Department of Biomedical Engineering; Radiology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984318720402771
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