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Increased extravascular lung water in patients with low pulmonary artery occlusion pressure after acute myocardial infarction.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  1986886     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the clinical characteristics of increased extravascular lung water (EVLW) in patients with low pulmonary artery occlusion pressure (PAOP) in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction. DESIGN: Consecutive sample for descriptions of the clinical features of medical disorders. SETTING: A general medicine group practice in a university hospital. PATIENTS: Sixteen patients with low PAOP (less than 18 mm Hg) on the initial measurement obtained within 12 hr of chest pain onset. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: EVLW was measured by the thermal indocyanine green dye double-indicator dilution method. QRS score was obtained on hospital day 7 from the Selvester's QRS Scoring System. Eleven (69%) patients had increased EVLW greater than 7 mL/kg despite low PAOP. EVLW had no significant correlation with PAOP and the difference between plasma colloid osmotic pressure and PAOP, but did have a significant correlation with pulmonary vascular resistance index (r2 = .31, p less than .05), and QRS score (r2 = .45, p less than .005). CONCLUSIONS: Larger infarcts led to increased EVLW even with low PAOP, and the accumulation of increased EVLW around the small arterioles might have led to increased pulmonary vascular resistance.
Authors:
Y Takayama; T Iwasaka; T Sugiura; T Sumimoto; M Takeuchi; H Tsuji; H Takashima; H Taniguchi; M Inada
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Critical care medicine     Volume:  19     ISSN:  0090-3493     ISO Abbreviation:  Crit. Care Med.     Publication Date:  1991 Jan 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1991-02-20     Completed Date:  1991-02-20     Revised Date:  2004-11-17    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0355501     Medline TA:  Crit Care Med     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  21-5     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Second Department of Internal Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Blood Pressure*
Extravascular Lung Water / physiology*
Humans
Indicator Dilution Techniques
Middle Aged
Myocardial Infarction / blood,  complications,  physiopathology*
Osmotic Pressure
Pulmonary Artery / physiopathology*
Pulmonary Edema / etiology,  physiopathology
Vascular Resistance

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