• Yung-Huey Yu, Ming-Zen Chen, Li-Li Wen, Ching-Chi Chu, Chih-Teng Chiang, Chung-Hua Chen, and Yueh-Juh Lin.
• Department of Chest Medicine, En Chu Kong Hospital, Taiwan.
• Respir Physiol Neurobiol. 2014 Feb 1;192:85-9.

AbstractLeft ventricular (LV) filling impairment is present in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Airflow obstruction is related to reduced LV end-diastolic volume, stroke volume, and cardiac output. The ratio of peak early diastolic filling velocity of the mitral inflow to peak early diastolic velocity of the mitral annulus (E/e'), an echocardiographic parameter, can be applied as a surrogate marker of LV filling pressures. Forty-seven individuals with suspected COPD underwent pulmonary function tests and echocardiography. The ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1s to forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC) and the E/e' ratio were determined. Multivariate linear regression analysis showed that the FEV1/FVC ratio (β=0.01; 95% confidence interval, 0.001-0.019; p=0.036) independently predicted the log transformed E/e' ratio. An increase of FEV1/FVC ratio (in percentage) by 1 unit was associated with an increase of the E/e' ratio multiplied by 1.01. Airflow obstruction inversely predicts LV filling pressure in suspected COPD cases.Copyright © 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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