Adventitial changes in pulmonary vasculature in congenital diaphragmatic hernia complicated by pulmonary hypertension
Adventitial changes in pulmonary vasculature in congenital diaphragmatic hernia complicated by pulmonary hypertension
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DOI:
10.1016/s0022-3468(98)90468-7
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发表时间:
1998-02-01
影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Puri, P
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作者:
Taira, Y;Yamataka, T;Puri, P
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to characterize structural changes in the pulmonary vasculature in congenital diaphragmatic hernia (CDH) complicated by persistent pulmonary hypertension (PPH) with particular emphasis on adventitial thickness.Methods: Victorian blue Van Gieson (WG) staining and immunostaining with antialpha smooth muscle actin (ASMA) were performed on lung tissues obtained at autopsy from 23 patients with CDH complicated by PPH and 11 age-matched control tissues of sudden infant death syndrome patients (SIDS). The degree of medial and adventitial thickening was measured in pulmonary arteries with an external diameter (ED) of less than 75 mu m, 75 to 100 mu m, 100 to 150 mu m, 150 to 250 mu m, 250 to 500 mu m, and greater than 500 mu m by IPS-4.01 image analyzer and compared statistically. The degree of medial thickening and adventitial thickening was also measured in pulmonary veins with an ED of less than 100 mu m, 100 to 200 mu m, and greater than 200 mu m. To determine whether the characteristic structural changes were size related, each was related to ED. The area of adventitia and media of the pulmonary arteries and veins was measured using image analyzer.Results: There was a significant increase in medial and adventitial thickness in arteries of all sizes in CDH patients compared with controls (P < .01). The degree of adventitial area was significantly increased for arteries of all sizes (P < .01) and the degree of medial area was significantly increased only for arteries less than 100 pm size (P < .05) in CDH patients compared with controls. Calculation of the areas of the various components in the wall of each artery showed that for small arteries (