TY - JOUR
T1 - Large and medium-sized pulmonary artery obstruction does not play a role of primary importance in the etiology of sickle-cell disease-associated pulmonary hypertension
AU - van Beers, Eduard J.
AU - van Eck-Smit, Berthe L. F.
AU - Mac Gillavry, Melvin R.
AU - van Tuijn, Charlotte F. J.
AU - van Esser, Joost W. J.
AU - Brandjes, Dees P. M.
AU - Kappers-Klunne, Mies C.
AU - Duits, Ashley J.
AU - Biemond, Bart J.
AU - Schnog, John-John B.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) occurs in approximately 30% of adult patients with sickle-cell disease (SCD) and is a risk factor for early death. The potential role of pulmonary artery obstruction, whether due to emboli or in situ thrombosis, in the etiology of SCD-related PHT is unknown. Methods: Consecutive SCD patients were screened for PUT (defined as a tricuspid regurgitant jet flow velocity >= 2.5 m/s) employing echocardiography and were evaluated for pulmonary artery obstruction with ventilation-perfusion (VQ) scintigraphy. Results: Fifty-three HbSS, 6 HbS beta degrees-thalassemia, 20 HbSC, and 6 HbS beta(+)-thalassemia patients were included. The overall prevalence of PHT was 41% in HbSS/HbS beta degrees-thalassemia patients and 13% in HbSC/HbS beta(+)-thalassemia patients. High-probability VQ defects (Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis criteria) were detected in two patients, one of whom had PUT. In HbSS/HbS beta degrees-thalassemia patients with PHT, 19 patients (86%), 2 patients (9%), and 1 patient (5%) had low-, intermediate-, or high-probability scan results as compared to 30 patients (97%), 1 patient (3%), and 0 patients (0%) in HbSS/HbS beta degrees-thalassemia patients without PHT (p = 0.31). In HbSC/HbS beta(+)-thalassemia patients with PHT, 3 patients (100%), 0 patients (0%), and 0 patients (0%) had low-, intermediate-, and a high-probability scan as compared to 19 patients (90%), 1 patient (5%), and 1 patient (5%) in HbSC/HbS beta(+)-thalassemia patients without PHT (p = 0.86). There were no statistical differences in irregular distribution of the radiopharmaceutical or nonspecific signs associated with PUT between patients with and without PHT. Conclusions: Although small pulmonary artery obstruction cannot be excluded, large to medium-sized pulmonary artery obstruction is an unlikely primary causative factor in SCD-related PUT
AB - Background: Pulmonary hypertension (PHT) occurs in approximately 30% of adult patients with sickle-cell disease (SCD) and is a risk factor for early death. The potential role of pulmonary artery obstruction, whether due to emboli or in situ thrombosis, in the etiology of SCD-related PHT is unknown. Methods: Consecutive SCD patients were screened for PUT (defined as a tricuspid regurgitant jet flow velocity >= 2.5 m/s) employing echocardiography and were evaluated for pulmonary artery obstruction with ventilation-perfusion (VQ) scintigraphy. Results: Fifty-three HbSS, 6 HbS beta degrees-thalassemia, 20 HbSC, and 6 HbS beta(+)-thalassemia patients were included. The overall prevalence of PHT was 41% in HbSS/HbS beta degrees-thalassemia patients and 13% in HbSC/HbS beta(+)-thalassemia patients. High-probability VQ defects (Prospective Investigation of Pulmonary Embolism Diagnosis criteria) were detected in two patients, one of whom had PUT. In HbSS/HbS beta degrees-thalassemia patients with PHT, 19 patients (86%), 2 patients (9%), and 1 patient (5%) had low-, intermediate-, or high-probability scan results as compared to 30 patients (97%), 1 patient (3%), and 0 patients (0%) in HbSS/HbS beta degrees-thalassemia patients without PHT (p = 0.31). In HbSC/HbS beta(+)-thalassemia patients with PHT, 3 patients (100%), 0 patients (0%), and 0 patients (0%) had low-, intermediate-, and a high-probability scan as compared to 19 patients (90%), 1 patient (5%), and 1 patient (5%) in HbSC/HbS beta(+)-thalassemia patients without PHT (p = 0.86). There were no statistical differences in irregular distribution of the radiopharmaceutical or nonspecific signs associated with PUT between patients with and without PHT. Conclusions: Although small pulmonary artery obstruction cannot be excluded, large to medium-sized pulmonary artery obstruction is an unlikely primary causative factor in SCD-related PUT
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.07-1694
DO - https://doi.org/10.1378/chest.07-1694
M3 - Article
C2 - 18198257
SN - 0012-3692
VL - 133
SP - 646
EP - 652
JO - Chest
JF - Chest
IS - 3
ER -