[Disorders of the central and intrapulmonary hemodynamics as an index of the degree of severity in myocarditis patients].

Central and intrapulmonary hemodynamic parameters were examined by direct and indirect methods in 46 patients with myocarditis (25 females and 21 males), which revealed diminished myocardial contractility, which was followed by a regular and significant pulmonary blood pressure and a reduction in the elastic properties of the pulmonary-arteriolar bed. Central and intrapulmonary hemodynamic changes are mostly associated with the development of hypodynamia and more rarely with that of the phase hemodynamic syndrome and more rarely with the volume overloading syndrome.