title: Rapid ventricular pacing to lower blood pressure during endograft deployment in the thoracic aorta.
abstract: Controlled hypotension is critical to the accurate deployment of aortic endografts and safe balloon post-dilation. We describe the use of rapid ventricular pacing during 15 aortic stenting procedures. An immediate and sustained reduction in both phasic and mean blood pressure was achieved in all patients. This procedure has advantages over pharmacologic or other methods of blood pressure reduction.
authors.affiliation: Green Lane Cardiovascular Unit, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Suwatchai
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pornratanarangsi
authors.forename: Mark W I
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Webster
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Alison
authors.forename: Parma
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nand
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000784:Aortic Dissection / Q000601:surgery; D017545:Aortic Aneurysm, Thoracic / Q000601:surgery; D001018:Aortic Diseases / Q000601:surgery*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D019917:Blood Vessel Prosthesis Implantation; D002304:Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007432:Intraoperative Period; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents