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10.1007/s12032-012-0441-3

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Is right ventricular function the one that matters

Authors: Antoine VieillardBaron
Publish Date: 2008/10/07
Volume: 35, Issue: 1, Pages: 4-6
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Since the beginning of the 1980s intensivists have known that acute respiratory distress syndrome ARDS is strongly associated with pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular RV dysfunction 1 2 Three phenomena promote this First lung damage per se which combines alveolar injury with capillary destruction and obstruction by clots Second remodeling of the pulmonary circulation defined as a muscularization of normally nonmuscularized vessels mediated by hypoxemia and hypercarbia and finally positive pressure ventilation which increases the distending pressure of the lung and thus crushes the pulmonary capillaries These phenomena are reversible except for pulmonary capillary destruction which was especially observed when tidal volume was adjusted to correct the PaCO2 and so the plateau pressure P plateau is not limited During this period RV failure was frequent and associated with high mortality 2 3 4 In particular Jardin et al found in a series of 23 patients an incidence of acute cor pulmonale ACP as high as 61 with 100 mortality in the most severe forms 2 ACP is considered to reflect RV dysfunction due to an acute increase in RV afterload as in ARDS Its definition is echocardiographic RV dilatation in combination with paradoxical septal motion during systoleFollowing the ARDS network study which demonstrated the beneficial effect of limiting P plateau 5 the question was whether RV dysfunction is a dreaded complication of the past or is still very much with us 6 This debate is of importance when two very different ventilatory approaches are compared an “openlung approach” requiring significant lungdistending pressures in inspiration and also in expiration to “recruit” the lung but likely to impair the right ventricle 7 and a “RV protective approach” more designed to preserve the right ventricle 8In 2001 we reported a series of 75 ARDS patients submitted to lowstretch ventilation which combines a low positive endexpiratory pressure PEEP mean 7 cm H2O and a P plateau below 27 cm H2O and in whom we looked for the presence of ACP 9 We found two main results first a 25 incidence of ACP which is significantly lower than that in older studies and second no difference in mortality 32 in patients with and without ACP 9 Our results were understood and interpreted by others as indicating that RV dysfunction has now become infrequent and has no impact on prognosis in ARDS patients This is a terrible error as well demonstrated by Osman et al 10 Using the database of their previous study on the pulmonary artery catheter 11 they demonstrate that RV dysfunction defined by a central venous pressure CVP higher than the pulmonary artery occlusion pressure PAOP is a major prognostic factor in ARDS patients 10 The incidence of this hemodynamic profile was 27 as shown in Table 3 of their study Although obtained by using a nonoptimal way of diagnosing RV dysfunction the best one being echocardiography their results are convincing But how to reconcile their results with our 2001 study Very simple In our study we responded to any observation of ACP by immediately making significant adjustments in respiratory management 9 In particular P plateau and PEEP were decreased further if possible and prone positioning a maneuver known to have a positive effect on lung mechanics and so on RV function 12 was largely applied in 63 of patients with ACP but in only 14 of patients without ACP Conversely Osman et al performed a strict observational study and the definition of RV dysfunction and the statistical analysis are retrospective Consequently no recommendation was made for intensivists in the case of RV dysfunction For instance we do not know how many and which patients were turned into the prone position in this study Finally the comparison of these two studies clearly demonstrates that the impact of RV dysfunction on prognosis can be limited but providing that the deleterious effects of mechanical ventilation on RV function are strictly controlled A right ventricle that is already injured because of the lung process is unable to tolerate and adapt to aggressive ventilation A recent study on a large series of ARDS patients confirms this assertion 13 It found that the incidence of ACP and its impact on prognosis were strongly related to the range of P plateau in patients with a P plateau below 27 cm H2O the incidence of ACP was low—between 10 and 15—and its impact on mortality was nil whereas in patients with a P plateau between 27 and 35 cm H2O the incidence of ACP was close to 35 and had a significant impact on mortality 13 In the study by Osman et al it would be interesting to know the prognostic impact of RV dysfunction not only in the whole population but also within different ranges of P plateauHowever the study by Osman et al is not totally clear In particular it is difficult to understand why the combination of a mean pulmonary artery pressure higher than 25 mmHg plus a CVP higher than the PAOP plus a low stroke index did not appear as a prognostic factor 10 This is more sensitive to greater severity than a CVP higher than PAOP only This reflects RV failure more than RV dysfunction One of the explanations given by the authors is that when faced with this situation intensivists are more fully alerted to the severity of the disease because of the associated lowflow state and therefore modify the ventilatory and hemodynamic strategies However the results presented in the study do not allow a definitive conclusion to be drawn in this regard and a statistical problem is not excluded Moreover this may reflect a limitation of pulmonary artery catheterization which renders difficult the interpretation of a hemodynamic profile with finesse in a reallife situation where intensivists are mainly focused on cardiac output Interestingly and not surprisingly patients with RV failure had more severely injured lungs with much lower compliance of the respiratory system 10 illustrating once again the impact of the combination lung damage/positive pressure ventilation on pulmonary circulation and then on RV functionTo conclude this study and previous studies allow us to claim that daily RV function assessment is mandatory for the management of ARDS patients especially in the most severe cases This is now recommended by the French Society of Intensive Care Medicine SRLF 14 Although not really the theme of this editorial it is important to maintain that the best method for evaluating RV function is echocardiography 15 Any observation of RV dysfunction whatever be the cardiac output should prompt intensivists to adapt their ventilatory management by decreasing P plateau and limiting PEEP and by using prone positioning


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