Impairment of pulmonary function and changes in the right cardiac structure of pneumoconiotic coal workers in China

• Authors: Lu-Qin Bian , Yue Zhang , Rong Jiang , Ling Mao

Abstracts

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Introduction: Information on the changes of pulmonary function and the right cardiac structure in patients with coal worker’s pneumoconiosis in China is very scarce. This study was performed to clarify the changes of pulmonary function and right cardiac structure in patients with coal worker’s pneumoconiosis in China. Material and methods: Pulmonary function, pulmonary artery systolic pressure, and the right cardiac structure were evaluated by spirometry and color Doppler echocardiography. Results: The pulmonary artery systolic pressure of patients with coal worker’s pneumoconiosis was increased with disease severity. Patients with coal worker’s pneumoconiosis also exhibited an impaired pulmonary function and altered right cardiac structure compared with control subjects. A significant linear correlation of the variables of pulmonary ventilation and diffusion function with the indicators of the right cardiac structure was found in patients with coal worker’s pneumoconiosis in China. Conclusions: This study elucidated a deterioration of pulmonary function and right cardiac structure in patients with coal worker’s pneumoconiosis in China.

Keywords

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coal worker’s pneumoconiosis; pulmonary artery systolic pressure; pulmonary function; right cardiac structure

• Publisher: Instytut Medycyny Pracy im. prof. dra Jerzego Nofera w Łodzi
• Journal: International Journal of Occupational Medicine and Environmental Health
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 28
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 62-70

Dates

published

2015

Contributors

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Lu-Qin Bian

• Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China
• Tongji University School of Medicine, Department of Pneumoconiosis, Shanghai China

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Yue Zhang

• Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China
• Tongji University School of Medicine, Department of Pneumoconiosis, Shanghai China

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Rong Jiang

• Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China
• Tongji University School of Medicine, Department of Cardio-Pulmonary Circulation, Shanghai China

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Ling Mao

• Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Shanghai, China
• Tongji University School of Medicine, Department of Pneumoconiosis, Shanghai China

Identifiers

DOI

10.13075/ijomeh.1896.00330

Biblioteka Nauki

2177031