The Study of hemodynamics and coronary arteriography of Patients with Different Types of Unstable Angina Pectoris

Objectives To explore the basic heart functional state and cardiac reserve function of patients with different types of unstable angina pectoris (UAP) and observe the relations between the heart function and severity of coronary arterial disease. Methods 70 cases with UAP were enrolled including 25 patients with angina decubitus (AD), 23 patients with mixed angina (MA) , and 22 patients with accelerated effort angina (AEA). All patients underwent a series of examination such as UCG, ECT, hemodynamics and volume-loading test. The patients were divided into three groups in light of the results of the hemodynamic examination: ① diastolic dysfunction group ② systolic dysfunction group ③ normal heart function group. We assessed the basic heart function and cardiac reserve function of patients with different types of UAP and also observed the relations between coronary arteriography and heart function. Results ① Under basic conditions, patients with angina decubitus suffered from the systolic (36%) or diastolic dysfunction (48%). 43 percent of the patients with mixed angina had systolic dysfunction and other 43 percent of them had normal cardiac function. However, patients with accelerated effort angina (AEA) were characterized by diastolic dysfunction (31%) or normal heart function (60%). ② In hemodynamic examination, the pulmonary capillary wedge pressure of positive patients rose, at the same time cardiac index fell to the extreme instantaneously after loading in volume-loading test and then they restored to the basic level until 60 minutes. However, both PCWP and CI of the negative patients reach the peak momentarily after loading. They returned to the basic level within 30 minutes. ③ coronary arteriography show: there are 41% of patient with three-vessel disease, 50% with two-vessel disease, 9% single vessel disease and left main narrowing 22. 7% in AEA. There are separately 76%, 24%, 0% and 36% in AD; and 26.1% , 43.4% , 21.7% , 43.4% in MA. ④ Constituent ratio of the AEA and MA were separately compared with AD, AEA/AD: P < 0.05(P = 0.031); MA/AD: P < 0.01 (P = 0.000313). Conclusions Most of patients with the above three types of unstable angina pectoris suffered from the basic heart dysfunction and cardiac reserve dysfunction which might participate in the occurrence and development of unstable angina pectoris. In angiography, there are the most three-vessel diseases in AD that are, therefore, the most severe UAP.

Application of intraoperative arterial pressure-based cardiac output monitoring for patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

Background For patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting （OPCABG）, it is important to establish a hemodynamic monitoring system to obtain powerful parameters for better intraoperative treatment. This study aimed to observe the clinical feasibility of arterial pressure-based cardiac output （APCO） for cardiac output （CO） monitoring and to evaluate the correlation between APCO and pulmonary artery catheter （PAC） for CO measurement for patients undergoing OPCABG intraoperatively. Methods Fifty patients of American Society of Anaesthesiologists （ASA） classification Ⅱ-Ⅲ, undergoing elective OPCABG at Beijing Anzhen Hospital were randomly enrolled into this study. All patients were assigned to CO monitoring by PAC and APCO simultaneously. Patients with pacemaker, severe valvular heart disease, left ventricular ejection fraction （EF） 〈40%, cardiac arrhythmias, peripheral vascular disease, application of intra-aortic balloon pump （IABP） and emergent diversion to cardiac pulmonary bypass were excluded. The radial artery waveform was analyzed to estimate the stroke volume （SV） and heart rate （HR） continuously. CO was calculated as SV × HR; other derived parameters were cardiac index （CI）, stroke volume index （SVI）, systemic vascular resistance （SVR）, and systemic vascular resistance index （SVRI）. PAC was placed via right internal jugular vein and the correct position was confirmed by PAC waveforms. Continuous cardiac output （CCO）, CI and other hemodynamic parameters were monitored at following 5 time points： immediate after anesthesia induction （baseline value）, anastomosis of left internal mammary artery to left anterior descending artery （LAD）, anastomosis of left circumflex （LCX）, anastomosis of posterior descending artery （PDA） and immediate after sternal closure. Results In the 50 patients, preoperative echocardiography measured left ventricular EF was （52.8±11.5）%, and 35 patients （70%） showed regional wall motion abnormalities. The correlation coefficient of CO monitored by APCO and PAC were 0.70, 0.59, 0.78, 0.74 and 0.85 at each time point. The bias range of CI monitored from both APCO and PAC were （0.39±0.06） L.minl.m2, （0.48±0.12） L.min^-1.m2, （0.26±0.06） L.min1.m-2, （0.27±0.06） L.min-l.m2, （0.30＋0.05） L.min-l.m2 at each time point. The results of SVR by two hemodynamic monitoring techniques had good correlation during OPCABG. The variation trends of SVR were opposite comparing with the results of CO. SVR collected from PAC obtained the highest value of （1220.0±254.0） dyn.s.cm5 at PDA anastomosis, but the highest value obtained from APCO was （1206.0±226.5） dyn.s.cm-5 in LCX anastomosis. Conclusions APCO is feasible in hemodynamic monitoring for patients undergoing OPCABG The results of hemodynamic monitoring derived from APCO and PAC are closely correlated. Its characterizations of timely, accurate and continuous display of hemodynamic parameters are also obviously demonstrated in the present study.