| A theoretic analysis of the effect of pulmonary vasodilation on pulmonary venous pressure: implications for inhaled nitric oxide therapy. | |
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PMID: 8820788 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Although the use of inhaled nitric oxide offers certain advantages over more traditional pulmonary vasodilators, concerns have emerged because of reports of acute pulmonary edema during nitric oxide administration in patients with chronic heart failure. It is unclear whether the pulmonary vasodilating action of nitric oxide could, by itself, cause venous pressures to rise in the lung and why patients with preexisting chronic heart failure are at greatest risk for the development of pulmonary edema during inhaled nitric oxide therapy. METHODS: The cardiovascular system was modeled as time-varying elastances; the pulmonary and systemic vascular systems were each modeled as a series of resistive and compliance elements. Protocols were devised to examine the effects of a decrease in pulmonary vascular resistance on pulmonary venous pressure under different conditions of contractile state and volume status. RESULTS: Under all conditions studied, pulmonary venous pressure increased as pulmonary vascular resistance decreased. Increases in pulmonary venous pressure were caused by volume shifts between pulmonary arterial and venous compartments. These volume shifts were accentuated by high volume status. The impact of alterations in contractile state was minimal. CONCLUSIONS: Pulmonary vasodilation by itself can lead to an increase in pulmonary venous pressure that is mediated by shifts of blood between arterial and venous compartments of the pulmonary bed. Furthermore, impairment in ventricular contractile state by itself has relatively little effect on pulmonary venous pressure. The magnitude of the increase in pulmonary venous pressure is largely determined by the volume status and the initial value of pulmonary vascular resistance. |
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Authors:
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M L Dickstein; D Burkhoff |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation Volume: 15 ISSN: 1053-2498 ISO Abbreviation: J. Heart Lung Transplant. Publication Date: 1996 Jul |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1996-11-06 Completed Date: 1996-11-06 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9102703 Medline TA: J Heart Lung Transplant Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 715-21 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Anesthesiology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York 10032, USA. |
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Administration, Inhalation Humans Mathematics Models, Cardiovascular Nitric Oxide / administration & dosage* Pulmonary Artery / drug effects, physiology* Pulmonary Veins / drug effects, physiology* Vasodilation / drug effects, physiology* Vasodilator Agents / administration & dosage* Venous Pressure / drug effects, physiology |
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0/Vasodilator Agents; 10102-43-9/Nitric Oxide |
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