title: [The advantageous effects of a prolonged intravenous load with a nitroglycerin solution on the lesser circulation in patients with chronic heart failure].
abstract: To evaluate the sequence of hemodynamic changes and the potential loss of efficacy of i.v. 24-hour nitroglycerin (NTG) infusion at constant rate we studied 15 NYHA III Class patients. NTG infusion, titrated to reduce pulmonary artery wedge pressure (PWP) less than 15 mm Hg, was continued for 24 hours at mean rate of 144 +/- 16 (50-250) micrograms/min. Hemodynamic data were monitored every 3 hours. Acute changes were pronounced and significant in mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP), peak V-wave of indirect left atrial pressure, right atrial pressure (RAP), mean blood pressure (mBP), and heart rate (HR). Significant attenuation of these effects was registered by the 9th hour. RAP rose already by the 6th hour. From the 9th to the 24th hour PWP, mPAP, peak V-wave remained significantly decreased, but not mBP and RAP. HR rose during hours 9-12 in comparison to hours 0-3 and to the 21st hour. The data show rapid development of tolerance of systemic (but not pulmonary) vascular beds to NTG.
authors.forename: D V
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Kazeĭ
authors.forename: V Iu
authors.initials: VIu
authors.lastname: Mareev
mesh_terms: D002908:Chronic Disease; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D004361:Drug Tolerance; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D005996:Nitroglycerin / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D012996:Solutions; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D012996:Solutions; D005996:Nitroglycerin
vernacular_title: Preimushchestvennye éffekty dlitel'noĭ vnutrivennoĭ nagruzki rastvora nitroglitserina na malyĭ krug krovoobrashcheniia u bol'nykh s khronicheskoĭ serdechnoĭ nedostatochnost'iu.