Systemic vascular resistance: an unreliable index of left ventricular afterload

Circulation
Roberto M LangD Janzen

Abstract

Systemic vascular resistance (SVR) is a frequently used clinical index of left ventricular afterload. However, SVR may not adequately assess left ventricular afterload (i.e., ventricular internal fiber load during systole) since it reflects only peripheral vasomotor tone. In contrast, left ventricular end-systolic wall stress (sigma es) reflects the combined effects of peripheral loading conditions and left ventricular chamber pressure, dimension, and wall thickness. To determine the relationship between SVR and sigma es, left ventricular afterload and contractility were pharmacologically altered in eight dogs instrumented with central aortic microtip and Swan-Ganz thermodilution catheters. Left ventricular wall thicknesses and dimensions were measured from two-dimensionally targeted M mode echocardiograms. Aortic, right atrial, and left ventricular end-systolic pressures as well as cardiac output were recorded. SVR and sigma es were determined under control conditions as well as during infusions of nitroprusside, methoxamine, dobutamine, and norepinephrine. Control data acquired before each drug infusion were similar. When compared with baseline values, SVR underestimated the magnitude of change in left ventricular sigma es by...Continue Reading

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