Pericardiectomy to Treat Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Unrestrained Enthusiasm?
Pericardiectomy to Treat Heart Failure With Preserved Ejection Fraction: Unrestrained Enthusiasm?
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心包切除术治疗保留射血分数的心力衰竭:无拘无束的热情?
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10.1161/circheartfailure.117.003971
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2017
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LeWinter,MartinM
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2 LeWinter Pericardiectomy for HFpEF filling pressures. Years ago, we confirmed this prediction in a model of marked cardiac dilatation because of a systemic arteriovenous fistula where we observed that the pericardial PVR is shifted to the right and flatter than normal after the heart gradually enlarges. 22, 23 This was associated with changes in the stiffness of the pericardial tissue. 19 Because of flattening of the pericardial PVR, the restraining effect normalized to cardiac volume is actually reduced during chronic cardiac dilatation. 23 This behavior of the pericardium during cardiac dilatation presumably also accounts for the fact that large, slowly accumulating pericardial effusions are well tolerated, whereas much smaller, rapidly accumulating effusions can cause cardiac tamponade. Finally, additional studies in normal large animals have shown that pericardiectomy improves maximal cardiovascular performance during exercise. 28, 29 This likely reflects an improved ability to use the Frank–Starling relation. Taken together, these observations suggest that pericardiectomy might reduce filling pressures and improve cardiac performance in HFpEF patients, provided that the pericardial restraining effect is retained.