Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med., Volume 162, Number 2, August 2000, 374-379

Right Ventricular Function in Respiratory Distress Syndrome and Subsequent Partial Liquid Ventilation
Homeometric Autoregulation in the Right Ventricle of the Newborn Animal

ROBBERT H. LOPES CARDOZO, PAUL STEENDIJK, JAN BAAN, HENS A. A. BROUWERS, MAARTJE DE VROOMEN, and FRANK VAN BEL

Departments of Pediatrics and Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands; and Department of Neonatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Infant respiratory distress syndrome (IRDS) and subsequent partial liquid ventilation (PLV) cause increased pulmonary vascular resistance, thus raising afterload. In nine newborn lambs the effects of IRDS and subsequent PLV on right (RV) and left ventricular (LV) contractility and systolic pump function were assessed using indices derived from RV and LV pressure-volume relations, obtained by micromanometric and conductance catheters during transient inferior vena cava occlusion. Pulmonary function deteriorated during IRDS with a significant decrease in the ratio of arterial oxygen pressure to fraction of inspired oxygen (Pa_O2/FI_O2) whereas pulmonary artery pressure (Ppa) showed a significant increase and pulmonary vascular resistance showed a substantial though not significant increase. Cardiac output (), stroke volume (SV), and end-diastolic volume (EDV) did not change. RV contractility showed a significant increase during IRDS: the slope of the end-systolic pressure-volume relation (RV-E _ES) increased whereas its volume intercept at 5 kPa (RV-V₅) decreased. The preload-corrected time derivative of ventricular pressure (RV-dP/dt_max), however, did not change significantly. LV pump function and contractility were unchanged. During PLV pulmonary function showed a recovery but Ppa and pulmonary vascular resistance remained high; indices for RV contractility showed a sustained significant increase compared with baseline conditions whereas indices for LV pump function and contractility remained unchanged. These results show that the right ventricle of the newborn heart, in the face of increased pulmonary vascular resistance, is able to maintain cardiac output through homeometric autoregulation.

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