Differing Responses in Right and Left Ventricular Filling, Loading and

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Using a combined hemodynamic and radionudkki techniq~5,20 patients with varied ve&icular fmction were evakuated duting positive end- expiratory pressure ...
Differing Responses in Right and Left Ventricular Filling, Loading and Volumes During Positive End-Expiratory Pressure Douglas S. Schulman, MD, James W. Biondi, MD, Richard A. Matthay, MD, Barry L. Zaret, MD, and Robert Soufer, MD

Using a combined hemodynamic and radionudkki techniq~5,20 patients with varied ve&icular fmction were evakuated duting positive endexpiratory pressure (PEEP) appiiition. Left ventricular (LV) and right vent&&r (RV) ejection tractions and cardiac output were measured, and venMadar voknnes were med. Seven patients (gray, 1) who had an increase in LV enddiistolii volume with PEEP and 13 patients (group 2) who hadthenioretypicalresponse,adecreaseinLV eml-dbtdk V~UIIN with PEEP, wet-e identi6ed. Comparedwithgroup2,grouplpatientshada hiiincklenceofcoronaryarterydi~(5of7 VI 1 of 13, p

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