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Nitric oxide inhalation is useful in the management of right ventricular failure caused by myocardial infarction.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12072697     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
OBJECTIVE: To describe hemodynamic improvement in a patient treated with nitric oxide (NO) inhalation in the management of right ventricular failure caused by myocardial infarction. DESIGN: Case report. SETTING: An intensive care unit of a university hospital. PATIENT: A 66-yr-old man with severe right ventricular failure caused by acute myocardial infarction. INTERVENTIONS: Nitric oxide inhalation through a ventilator circuit. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS: The patient complained of chest pain. When myocardial infarction was diagnosed, he underwent percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and percutaneous transluminal coronary recanalization, but they were not effective. We instituted intra-aortic balloon pumping and brought the patient to the intensive care unit (ICU). Even with high-dose inotropic support, his hemodynamics deteriorated gradually. On the patient's seventh day in the ICU, we started NO inhalation at 5-10 ppm in an attempt to relieve his right heart failure. Immediately after NO inhalation was started, his hemodynamics improved significantly, and we could wean the patient from intra-aortic balloon pumping. NO inhalation was continued for 9 days and was successfully discontinued without circulatory deterioration. He was discharged from our hospital uneventfully. CONCLUSION: Nitric oxide inhalation improved hemodynamics in our patient with right ventricular failure after myocardial infarction. Our report suggests that a clinical trial of NO treatment for severe right ventricular failure caused by myocardial infarction is warranted.
Authors:
Yoshihito Fujita; Osamu Nishida; Kazuya Sobue; Hiroaki Ito; Nobuyoshi Kusama; Masaaki Inagaki; Hirotada Katsuya
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Critical care medicine     Volume:  30     ISSN:  0090-3493     ISO Abbreviation:  Crit. Care Med.     Publication Date:  2002 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-06-19     Completed Date:  2002-07-10     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0355501     Medline TA:  Crit Care Med     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  1379-81     Citation Subset:  AIM; IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Anesthesiology and Resuscitology, Nagoya City University Medical School, Nagoya, Japan. yfujita@med.nagoya-u.ac.jp
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Administration, Inhalation
Aged
Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary
Hemodynamics / drug effects*
Humans
Male
Myocardial Infarction / complications*,  therapy
Nitric Oxide / administration & dosage,  therapeutic use*
Treatment Outcome
Vasodilator Agents / administration & dosage,  therapeutic use*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / drug therapy*,  etiology
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Vasodilator Agents; 10102-43-9/Nitric Oxide

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