Effective arterial elastance as index of arterial vascular load in humans.

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  • Author(s): Kelly RP;Kelly RP; Ting CT; Yang TM; Liu CP; Maughan WL; Chang MS; Kass DA
  • Source:
    Circulation [Circulation] 1992 Aug; Vol. 86 (2), pp. 513-21.
  • Publication Type:
    Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.
  • Language:
    English
  • Additional Information
    • Source:
      Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 0147763 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0009-7322 (Print) Linking ISSN: 00097322 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Circulation Subsets: MEDLINE
    • Publication Information:
      Publication: Hagerstown, MD : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
      Original Publication: [Dallas, Tex., etc., American Heart Association, etc.]
    • Subject Terms:
      Hypertension/*physiopathology ; Stroke Volume/*physiology ; Vascular Resistance/*physiology; Adult ; Aorta/physiology ; Female ; Humans ; Male ; Models, Cardiovascular ; Models, Theoretical ; Myocardial Contraction/physiology ; Pulsatile Flow/physiology ; Ventricular Function/physiology
    • Abstract:
      Background: This study tested whether the simple ratio of ventricular end-systolic pressure to stroke volume, known as the effective arterial elastance (Ea), provides a valid measure of arterial load in humans with normal and aged hypertensive vasculatures.
      Methods and Results: Ventricular pressure-volume and invasive aortic pressure and flow were simultaneously determined in 10 subjects (four young normotensive and six older hypertensive). Measurements were obtained at rest, during mechanically reduced preload, and after pharmacological interventions. Two measures of arterial load were compared: One was derived from aortic input impedance and arterial compliance data using an algebraic expression based on a three-element Windkessel model of the arterial system [Ea(Z)], and the other was more simply measured as the ratio of ventricular end-systolic pressure to stroke volume [Ea(PV)]. Although derived from completely different data sources and despite the simplifying assumptions of Ea(PV), both Ea(Z) and Ea(PV) were virtually identical over a broad range of altered conditions: Ea(PV) = 0.97.Ea(Z) + 0.17; n = 33, r2 = 0.98, SEE = 0.09, p less than 0.0001. Whereas Ea(PV) also correlated with mean arterial resistance, it exceeded resistance by as much as 25% in older hypertensive subjects (because of reduced compliance and wave reflections), which better indexed the arterial load effects on the ventricle. Simple methods to estimate Ea (PV) from routine arterial pressures were tested and validated.
      Conclusions: Ea(PV) provides a convenient, useful method to assess arterial load and its impact on the human ventricle. These results highlight effects of increased pulsatile load caused by aging or hypertension on the pressure-volume loop and indicate that this load and its effects on cardiac performance are often underestimated by mean arterial resistance but are better accounted for by Ea.
    • Grant Information:
      HL-01820 United States HL NHLBI NIH HHS
    • Publication Date:
      Date Created: 19920801 Date Completed: 19920903 Latest Revision: 20220408
    • Publication Date:
      20240104
    • Accession Number:
      10.1161/01.cir.86.2.513
    • Accession Number:
      1638719