Dynamic near-infrared spectroscopy assessment as an important tool to explore pulmonary arterial hypertension pathophysiology. Issue 1 (5th January 2017)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dimopoulos, Stavros; Tzanis, Giorgos; Karabinis, Andreas; Nanas, Serafim
• Is Part Of: European respiratory journal. Volume 49:Issue 1(2017)
• Publication Date: 2017-01-05
• Subjects: Respiratory organs -- Diseases -- Periodicals; Respiration -- Periodicals; 616.2
• DOI: 10.1183/13993003.01932-2016
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0903-1936

Abstract

With great interest we read the recent article by Panagiotou et al . [1] in which the authors investigated the correlation between tissue oxygen measurements ( S tO2 ) at rest and during constant-workload exercise with the analogous measurements of mixed venous oxygen saturation at the level of pulmonary artery ( S vO2 ) and inferior vena cava in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). In this study, the authors used near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) to assess the vastus lateralis muscle tissue oxygenation during exercise. Near-infrared spectroscopy: a useful methodology for pulmonary arterial hypertension http://ow.ly/7wwQ3065Cpb