Table 1

Testing of pulmonary vasoreactivity at initial investigation and after six months of PDE-5 inhibitor therapy with right heart catheter


HR
RR mmHg syst/diast (mean)
PAP mmHg syst/diast (mean)
RA mmHg
PCWP mmHg
CI l/min/m2
SV ml/m2
TPR dyn × sec × cm-5
PVR dyn × sec × cm-5

baseline
103
140/89 (104)
87/37 (56)
28
8
1,9
33
3.178
1.128
baseline sildenafil
96
106/58 (76)
74/14 (26)
13
3
2,2
41
1.290
760
six months sildenafil
96
105/71 (88)
64/27 (43)
8
4
2,6
46
1.453
708
six months vardenafil
102
114/69 (83)
63/25 (40)
6
6
2,6
44
1.403
604

baseline = initial investigation; baseline sildenafil = 90 minutes after first dose of 25 mg sildenafil p.o.; six months sildenafil = after 6 months of therapy with sildenafil; six months vardenafil = 120 minutes after first dose of 10 mg vardenafil p.o. HR = heart rate; RR = blood pressure; PAP = pulmonary arterial pressure; RA = right atrial pressure; PCWP = pulmonary capillary wedge pressure; CI = cardiac index; SV = stroke volume; TPR = total peripheral resistance; PVR = pulmonary vascular resistance.

Jochmann et al. Cardiovascular Ultrasound 2005 3:26   doi:10.1186/1476-7120-3-26