Detection of cardiac insufficiency by computer-assisted monitoring of the response of intra-cardiac hemodynamics to exercise test in patients with ischemic heart disease with similar lesions of the coronary arteries (patient selection for the aortocoronary bypass)

• Published in: Grudnaia i serdechno-sosudistaia khirurgiia no. 8; p. 38
• Main Authors: Fitileva, L M, Badalian, E A, Fitilev, S B, Mironova, M A
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Russian
• Published: Russia (Federation) 01-08-1991
• Subjects: Coronary Artery Bypass; Coronary Disease - complications; Coronary Disease - physiopathology; Coronary Disease - surgery; Exercise Test; Heart Failure - diagnosis; Heart Failure - etiology; Heart Failure - physiopathology; Hemodynamics - physiology; Humans; Myocardial Contraction - physiology; Preoperative Care; Severity of Illness Index; Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted
• ISSN: 0236-2791

Preoperative identification of cardiac insufficiency in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) has proved essential for the success of surgery on the coronary arteries. To provide for an objective assessment of the contractile function of the myocardium in selecting candidates for surgery among IHD patients with over 70-percent narrowing of one, two, and three coronary arteries, use was made of the central hemodynamics indices in response to the loading test during right heart catheterization with computer-assisted monitoring and mathematical analysis. Two patient groups were distinguished during the hemodynamic loading test: group I showing a high and effective chronotropic reserve (+X) and group II presenting a negative chronotropic reserve (-X). It was established that with equal numbers of narrowed coronary arteries and similar clinical manifestations, the estimates of myocardial contraction may differ which determines indications for surgery and preoperative care.