title: Acute hemodynamic effects of nitroprusside in children with isolated mitral regurgitation.
abstract: The acute hemodynamic responses to nitroprusside during cardiac catheterization were evaluated in 12 children with isolated mitral regurgitation (MR) of congenital origin. The patients were classified into 2 groups. Group I consisted of 5 patients who received digitalis or diuretic drugs and group II consisted of 7 patients who received no medication. Hemodynamic measurements were performed using a multisensor catheter system during infusion of nitroprusside at a dose of 2.0 micrograms/kg/min. With nitroprusside, the mean right atrial pressure decreased an average of 50% in group I (from 6 +/- 1 to 3 +/- 1 mm Hg) and 75% in group II (from 4 +/- 1 to 1 +/- 1 mm Hg), and the mean decrease of pulmonary artery wedge pressure was 50% in group I (from 14 +/- 3 to 7 +/- 3 mm Hg) and 56% in group II (from 9 +/- 2 to 4 +/- 1 mm Hg). Administration of nitroprusside also caused a significant reduction in systemic vascular resistance by 40% in both groups (from 25 +/- 6 to 15 +/- 5 U/m2 in group I and from 25 +/- 2 to 15 +/- 3 3 U/m2 in group II), whereas forward cardiac output increased markedly, by an average of 48% in group I (from 3.3 +/- 0.5 to 4.9 +/- 0.9 liters/min/m2) and 58% in group II (from 3.3 +/- 0.3 to 5.2 +/- 0.8 liters/min/m2). No significant differences in hemodynamic response between groups I and II were noted.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
mesh_terms: D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D002306:Cardiac Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005292:Ferricyanides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011669:Pulmonary Wedge Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D013997:Time Factors; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D005292:Ferricyanides; D009599:Nitroprusside