Ventriculo-arterial Coupling in Cirrhotics

NCT ID: NCT03948659

Last Updated: 2019-05-14

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

13 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-08-30

Study Completion Date

2019-04-30

Brief Summary

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Cirrhotic in intensive care unit have a very specific haemodynamic status. Cardiovascular abnormalities in advanced liver cirrhosis are characterized by a hyperdynamic circulation featuring increased heart rate and high cardiac output, concomitant with decreased systemic vascular resistance. As liver cirrhosis progresses, cardiac dysfunction, known as cirrhotic cardiomyopathy, is associated with prognosis of these patients.

Specifically, diastolic dysfunction has been more emphasized for estimating clinical outcome in cirrhotic patients, whereas systolic dysfunction has limited prognostic implications in hepatorenal syndrome patients.

However, in most cirrhotic patients, cardiac dysfunction is latent and only manifests under stressful conditions because reduced ventricular contractility in these patients is masked by pronounced arterial vasodilation and increased arterial compliance. Therefore, a load-dependent index such as left ventricular ejection fraction is insensitive to detect systolic cardiac impairment in the resting state in cirrhotic patients. Hence, a more appropriate index is required to evaluate the integration of the ventricular and arterial systems in cirrhotic cardiovascular disorders.

Interaction between the left ventricle and the arterial system has been explained on the basis of end-systolic pressure-volume relation. Left ventricular end-systolic elastance (Ees), as quantified by the ratio of end-systolic pressure to end-systolic volume, is an index of the load-independent ventricular contractile state. Given this pressure-volume relationship, effective arterial elastance (Ea) can be calculated by the ratio of end-systolic pressure to stroke volume, indicating a net measure of arterial load. The ratio of these values (Ea/Ees), designated ventriculo-arterial coupling (VAC), represents the integrated interaction of the ventricular and arterial systems.

We can evaluate it with non-invasive echocardiographic method.

We analyse VAC among cirrhotic patients admitted in intensive care unit, with non-invasive echographic method thanks to records made from August 2018 to April 2019.

Hypothesis: VAC decrease from the baseline value when mean arterial pressure is improved.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Cirrhosis

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Cirrhotic patients in intensive care unit

Arterio ventricular coupling

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

We analyse ventriculo arterial coupling (VAC) among cirrhotic patients admitted in intensive care unit, with non-invasive echography method

Interventions

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Arterio ventricular coupling

We analyse ventriculo arterial coupling (VAC) among cirrhotic patients admitted in intensive care unit, with non-invasive echography method

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Liver cirrhotic patients (any cause, any level)
* With acute decompensation
* Admitted in intensive care unit in Croix Rousse Hospital, Lyon, France
* Who receive NOREPINEPHRINE as hemodynamic therapy
* Blood pressure monitoring thanks to an arterial line (radial, humeral or femoral)
* Urinary catheter, suprapubic catheter or any comparable device to monitor urine output.
* The patient did not object to take part of the study.

Exclusion Criteria

* Acute hemorrhage (Clinical definition or hemoglobin lower than 70g/L at admission)
* Patient requiring kidney replacement therapy
* Patient requiring invasive mechanical ventilation
* Any pathology that makes non-invasive ventriculo arterial coupling assessment impossible (non-sinus rhythm, severe valvular disease)
* Patient who objects to take part of the study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Hospices Civils de Lyon

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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Hadrien Pambet

Lyon, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Other Identifiers

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CRC_GHN_2019_004

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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