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. 2023 Apr;78(2):256-259.
doi: 10.1080/00015385.2022.2101777. Epub 2022 Jul 29.

Diurnal variation of pulmonary artery pressure in ambulatory heart failure patients

Prince Sethi  1 , Payton Lancaster  1 , Brianna Stack  1 , Leslie Steinkamp  1 , Prakash Acharya  1 , Kartik Munshi  1 , Eric Hockstad  1 , Zubair Shah  1 , Andrew J Sauer  1 , Kamal Gupta  1
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Diurnal variation of pulmonary artery pressure in ambulatory heart failure patients

Prince Sethi et al. Acta Cardiol. 2023 Apr.

Abstract

Background: There is limited information on diurnal variation in pulmonary artery pressures (PAP) in ambulatory heart failure (HF) patients. We aimed to study the variation in morning and night-time PAP in HF patients with an implanted CardioMEMS® sensor.

Methods: In this prospective, single centre study we enrolled patients who had a cardioMEMS sensor and consented to participate (End stage renal disease and recent hospitalisation for acute HF were exclusions). Subjects were asked to transmit PAP and non-invasive blood pressure information in morning and at night-time for 7 consecutive days. Categorical and continuous variables were reported as percentages and mean ± SD respectively. Repeated measure ANOVA was used to compare the diurnal changes in PAP among different subgroups. Pierson correlation coefficient was performed to assess correlation between diurnal variation of PAP and left ventricular ejection fraction.

Results: Thirty subjects were included in analysis. There was a significant nocturnal rise in PASP and mPAP compared to morning readings (+2.59 mmHg, p = 0.003 and +1.24 mmHg with p = 0.02 respectively) while night-time PADP did not change significantly (+0.48 mmHg, p = 0.18) without significant change in systemic blood pressure or pulse rate.

Conclusion: The described diurnal changes in PAP should be considered when managing ambulatory HF patients based on these readings. PADP can be used reliably without concern for the time of day the readings were recorded.HighlightsThere is a diurnal variation in PAP in ambulatory heart failure patientsPulmonary artery systolic and mean pulmonary artery pressures are higher at night-time than in morning.Pulmonary artery diastolic pressures do not vary significantly with time of day.These findings should inform clinical decisions in management of these patients about the time of the day readings are taken.

Keywords: CardioMEMS; Diurnal variation; heart failure; pulmonary artery pressure.

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