title: [Hemodynamic effects of computer-guided blood pressure-lowering with nitroprusside sodium during the postoperative phase after aortocoronary bypass operations].
abstract: The hypertension immediately after open heart surgery for coronary heart disease was chosen to evaluate the suitability of computer-controlled infusion sodium nitroprusside, to improve the circulatory state in heart failure by reducing the impedance to the left ventricular ejection. Sodium nitroprusside produced a prompt reduction of MAP to a preset level and a rise in cardiac index from an average of 2.1 +/- 0.3 to 2.4 +/- 0.4 when infused alone and to 3.1 +/- 0.5 1/min m2 (p less than 0.05, + 48%) after volume was infused to maintain LAP at a constant level to eliminate the effects of preload. The rise in cardiac index was associated with marked decrease in systemic vascular resistance from 2260 +/- 530 to 1415 +/- 280 and 1130 +/- 1130 +/- 270 dyns (p less than 0.005, 63%) respectively. The initial values of SVR correlated well with the fall of SVR (r = 0.78). Our results suggest that systemic vascular resistance is a strong indicator of the vascular responsiveness to vasodilation, the computer-controlled infusion of sodium-nitroprusside being suitable for the "titration" of the high systemic vascular resistance.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects; D002303:Cardiac Output, Low / Q000188:drug therapy; D003201:Computers; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005260:Female; D005292:Ferricyanides / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000188:drug therapy; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000187:drug effects; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
chemical_list: D005292:Ferricyanides; D009599:Nitroprusside
vernacular_title: Hämodynamische Wirkungen der rechnergesteuerten Blutdrucksenkung mit Nitroprussid-Natrium während der postoperativen Phase nach aorto-koronarer Bypass-Operation.