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Impact of pericardiectomy on exercise capacity and sleep of patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Heart failure is associated with exercise intolerance and sleep- disordered breathing; however, studies in patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis are scarce. The purpose of our study was to assess exercise capacity and sleep in patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP) undergoing a pericardiectomy. METHODS:We studied consecutive patients scheduled for pericardiectomy due to symptomatic CCP. Were performed quality of life (Minnesota Living with Heart Failure Questionnaire-MLHFQ) and sleep questionnaires (Epworth, Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index-PSQI), serum B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP), serum C-reactive protein, transthoracic echocardiography, cardiopulmonary exercise test and overnight polysomnography immediately before and six months after pericardiectomy. RESULTS:Twenty-five patients (76% males, age: 45.5±13.8 years, body mass index: 24.9±3.7 kg/m2, left ventricular ejection fraction: 60±6%) with CCP (76% idiopathic, 12% tuberculosis) were studied. As compared to the preoperative period, pericardiectomy resulted in reduction in BNP (143 (83.5-209.5) vs 76 (40-117.5) pg/mL, p = 0.011), improvement in VO2 peak (18.7±5.6 vs. 25.2±6.3 mL/kg/min, p<0.001), quality of life (MLHFQ score 62 (43,5-77,5) vs. 18 (8,5-22), p<0,001) and sleep (PSQI score 7.8±4.1 vs. 4.7±3.7, p<0.001) and no significant change in sleep disordered breathing (apnea hypopnea index-AHI 15.6 (8.3-31.7) vs. 14.6 (5.75-29.9) events/h, p = 0.253). CONCLUSION:Patients with symptomatic CCP showed reduced exercise capacity and sleep-disordered breathing. After pericardiectomy, there was improvement in exercise capacity and neutral effect on sleep-disordered breathing.

SUBMITTER: Melo DTP

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6788706 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Impact of pericardiectomy on exercise capacity and sleep of patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis.

Melo Dirceu Thiago Pessoa de DTP Nerbass Flavia Baggio FB Sayegh Ana Luiza Carrari ALC Souza Francis Ribeiro de FR Hotta Viviane Tiemi VT Salemi Vera Maria Curi VMC Ramires Félix José Alvarez FJA Dias Ricardo Ribeiro RR Lorenzi-Filho Geraldo G Mady Charles C Fernandes Fábio F

PloS one 20191011 10

<h4>Background</h4>Heart failure is associated with exercise intolerance and sleep- disordered breathing; however, studies in patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis are scarce. The purpose of our study was to assess exercise capacity and sleep in patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis (CCP) undergoing a pericardiectomy.<h4>Methods</h4>We studied consecutive patients scheduled for pericardiectomy due to symptomatic CCP. Were performed quality of life (Minnesota Living with Heart ...[more]

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Project description:BACKGROUND:The extent of pericardiectomy is an important issue in constrictive pericarditis but its impact on long-term outcomes has been rarely reported. We compared long-term results of radical pericardiectomy with conventional phrenic to phrenic pericardiectomy. METHODS:Ninety patients who underwent pericardiectomies between February 1995 and April 2015 were reviewed retrospectively. They were classified into conventional (n?=?37) and radical (n?=?53) groups according to pericardiectomy being performed anterior or posterior to the phrenic nerves, respectively. The follow-up duration at outpatient clinic was 37.6 (11.7, 86.6) months and the survival data until 91.6 (54.5, 147.0) months were obtained. The last echocardiographies were done at 22.4 (4.35, 60.85) months. RESULTS:The early mortality rate was 4.4% (4/90). They all belonged to the conventional group and died of low cardiac output syndrome. The survival rate was higher in the radical group (P?=?.032, 74.7?±?9.2% versus 50.4?±?11.9% in 20?years). NYHA class of both groups had recovered until the last follow-up but the radical group showed better recovery (P?<?.001). The conventional pericardiectomy (HR?=?6.181; 95% CI (1.042, 36.656)), redosternotomy (HR?=?6.441; 95% CI (1.224, 33.889) and preoperative grade of tricuspid regurgitation (HR?=?15.003; 95% CI (1.099, 204.894) were associated with late mortality. Right ventricular systolic pressure decreased, and pericardial thickening resolved only in the radical group with significant intergroup differences as time went on. Tricuspid regurgitation worsened after the operation in both groups, but it deteriorated more in the conventional group. However, it improved over time in the radical group. CONCLUSIONS:Radical pericardiectomy led to greater improvement in right ventricular systolic pressure and lesser deterioration of tricuspid regurgitation with the passage of time than did the conventional procedure. Conventional pericardiectomy and preoperative higher grade tricuspid regurgitation were associated with long-term mortality.

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Impact of pericardiectomy on exercise capacity and sleep of patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis.

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Impact of pericardiectomy on exercise capacity and sleep of patients with chronic constrictive pericarditis.

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