Influence of Thoracic Fluid Compartments on Pulmonary Congestion in Chronic Heart Failure

• Published in: Journal of cardiac failure Vol. 23; no. 9; pp. 690 - 696
• Main Authors: Chase, Steven C., Taylor, Bryan J., Cross, Troy J., Coffman, Kirsten E., Olson, Lyle J., Johnson, Bruce D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.09.2017
• Subjects: Aged; Blood Volume - physiology; Chronic Disease; computed tomography; Extravascular Lung Water - diagnostic imaging; Extravascular Lung Water - physiology; Female; Heart Failure - complications; Heart Failure - diagnostic imaging; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Pulmonary Edema - complications; Pulmonary Edema - diagnostic imaging; Pulmonary Edema - physiopathology; Pulmonary function; thoracic fluid volumes; Tidal Volume - physiology; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - trends; computed tomography; Pulmonary function; thoracic fluid volumes

Pulmonary congestion is a common finding of heart failure (HF), but it remains unclear how pulmonary and heart blood volumes (Vp and Vh, respectively) and extravascular lung water (EVLW) change in stable HF and affect lung function. Fourteen patients with HF (age 68 ± 11 y, LVEF 33 ± 8%) and 12 cont...