TY - JOUR
T1 - The mechanism of nitrous oxide-induced changes in pulmonary vascular resistance in a dog model of left atrial outflow obstruction
AU - Heerdt, Paul M.
AU - Caldwell, Robert W.
N1 - Funding Information:
From the Department of Pharmacology. University of Tennessee, Memphis. Supported in part by grants from the National Institutes of Health (HBLI-17796) and the American Heart Association, Tennessee Afiliate. Address reprint requests to P.M. Heerdt, MD, PhD, Division of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Washington University School of hiedicine, 660 South Euclid-Box 8054, St Louis, MO 63110. o I989 by W.B. Saunders Company. 0888-6296/89/0305-0008$03.00/0
PY - 1989/10
Y1 - 1989/10
N2 - Nitrous oxide has been reported to increase pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) in patients with pulmonary hypertension secondary to mitral stenosis. Additional data suggest this response involves sympathetic stimulation because the increase in PVR can be prevented by a-adrenergic and ganglionic blockade. Whether or not active pulmonary vasoconstriction occurs remains unclear. This study was designed to more fully characterize the influence of N2O on pulmonary hemodynamics during left atrial outflow obstruction (LAO). Responses in an in situ blood-perfused lung lobe were compared with those in the remaining intact lung of six dogs anesthetized with pentobarbital, 30 mg/kg, and morphine, 1.5 mg/kg, and prepared for measurement of peak left ventricular (LV) pressure, LV end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), LV dP/dt, systemic arterial and pulmonary arterial (PA) pressures, and cardiac output (CO). The pulmonary artery branch supplying the left middle lung lobe was cannulated and perfused at a constant rate with warmed blood. LAO was produced by filling the balloon of a Foley catheter positioned in the left atrium (LA) with enough saline to increase PA pressure by 50%; the balloon was subsequently left filled for the entire protocol. Measurements were first obtained during ventilation with 67% N2, and 33% O2. The inspired gas was then changed to 67% N2O and 33% O2 for 10 minutes, and then returned to the N2/O2 mixture. Once baselines had been reestablished (about 10 minutes), phentolamine, 0.75 mg/kg, was administered, and the response to 10 minutes of N2O again observed. N2O did not change vascular resistance in the isolated lobe, but increased intact-lung PVR. The pressure differential across the lung (mean PA pressure - LA pressure) was not altered by N2O in either the isolated or intact lung. CO (pulmonary blood flow) was slightly but significantly reduced by N2O while the perfusion flow rate remained constant. Concomitantly, systemic vascular resistance (SVR) and LVEDP both rose; the increase in LVEDP was not accompanied by an increase in LV dP/dtmax Following phentolamine treatment, N2O did not change hemodynamics in either the intact lung or isolated lobe, nor did it alter CO, SVR, or LVEDP; however, it did produce a fall in LV dP/dtmax This study suggests that under conditions of experimental LAO, nitrous oxide increases PVR primarily by reducing pulmonary blood flow. The findings do not support an active pulmonary arteriolar vasoconstriction by N2O.
AB - Nitrous oxide has been reported to increase pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR) in patients with pulmonary hypertension secondary to mitral stenosis. Additional data suggest this response involves sympathetic stimulation because the increase in PVR can be prevented by a-adrenergic and ganglionic blockade. Whether or not active pulmonary vasoconstriction occurs remains unclear. This study was designed to more fully characterize the influence of N2O on pulmonary hemodynamics during left atrial outflow obstruction (LAO). Responses in an in situ blood-perfused lung lobe were compared with those in the remaining intact lung of six dogs anesthetized with pentobarbital, 30 mg/kg, and morphine, 1.5 mg/kg, and prepared for measurement of peak left ventricular (LV) pressure, LV end-diastolic pressure (LVEDP), LV dP/dt, systemic arterial and pulmonary arterial (PA) pressures, and cardiac output (CO). The pulmonary artery branch supplying the left middle lung lobe was cannulated and perfused at a constant rate with warmed blood. LAO was produced by filling the balloon of a Foley catheter positioned in the left atrium (LA) with enough saline to increase PA pressure by 50%; the balloon was subsequently left filled for the entire protocol. Measurements were first obtained during ventilation with 67% N2, and 33% O2. The inspired gas was then changed to 67% N2O and 33% O2 for 10 minutes, and then returned to the N2/O2 mixture. Once baselines had been reestablished (about 10 minutes), phentolamine, 0.75 mg/kg, was administered, and the response to 10 minutes of N2O again observed. N2O did not change vascular resistance in the isolated lobe, but increased intact-lung PVR. The pressure differential across the lung (mean PA pressure - LA pressure) was not altered by N2O in either the isolated or intact lung. CO (pulmonary blood flow) was slightly but significantly reduced by N2O while the perfusion flow rate remained constant. Concomitantly, systemic vascular resistance (SVR) and LVEDP both rose; the increase in LVEDP was not accompanied by an increase in LV dP/dtmax Following phentolamine treatment, N2O did not change hemodynamics in either the intact lung or isolated lobe, nor did it alter CO, SVR, or LVEDP; however, it did produce a fall in LV dP/dtmax This study suggests that under conditions of experimental LAO, nitrous oxide increases PVR primarily by reducing pulmonary blood flow. The findings do not support an active pulmonary arteriolar vasoconstriction by N2O.
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U2 - 10.1016/0888-6296(89)90154-3
DO - 10.1016/0888-6296(89)90154-3
M3 - Article
C2 - 2520935
AN - SCOPUS:0024414485
SN - 0888-6296
VL - 3
SP - 568
EP - 573
JO - Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
JF - Journal of Cardiothoracic Anesthesia
IS - 5
ER -