Acinar and conductive ventilation heterogeneity in severe CF lung disease: Back to the model

作者：Verbanck Sylvia^*; Paiva Manuel; Schuermans Daniel; Malfroot Anne; Vincken Walter; Vanderhelst Eef

来源：Respiratory Physiology & Neurobiology, 2013, 188(2): 124-132.

DOI：10.1016/j.resp.2013.05.011

Severe convective ventilation heterogeneity occurring in CF lung disease requires a modified method to determine acinar and conductive components of ventilation heterogeneity from normalized phase III slope (Sn) curves. Modified Sacin* and Scond* (as opposed to standard Sacin and Scond) are proposed and interpreted on the basis of 2 conceptual mechanisms: (a) flow asynchrony between two convection-dependent units with a different specific ventilation, but with an identical acinus inside each unit (generating an identical diffusion-convection-dependent portion of Sn); (b) different specific ventilation (without any flow asynchrony) between two convection-dependent units with the worst ventilated unit containing an abnormal acinus generating the greatest diffusion-convection-dependent portion of Sn. In CF patients with an abnormal lung clearance index (LCI), Scond* (but not Scond) and Sacin* were significant contributors to LCI (beta(Scond*)=0.70; beta(Sacin*)=0.49; P < 0.001 for both). Mechanism (a) can entirely account for experimental Scond* values, while mechanism (b) implies that experimental Sacin* values are likely dominated by peripheral ventilation heterogeneity in the best ventilated portions of the lung.

• 出版日期2013-8-15