title: Acute hemodynamic effect of inhaled iloprost in pulmonary artery hypertension evaluated with echocardiography.
abstract: Doppler echocardiography is useful in the initial evaluation and long-term follow-up of patients with pulmonary artery hypertension. Aerosolised iloprost has been shown to reduce pulmonary pressure immediately after inhalation. We report the echocardiographic findings in a patient with severe pulmonary hypertension, before and after the inhalation of aerosolized iloprost. These findings illustrate the acute influence of iloprost in right and left ventricular hemodynamics and morphology. These findings were reproduced in subsequent echocardiographic evaluations.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Department, Garcia de Orta Hospital, Almada, Portugal. loureiro.mj@netcabo.pt
authors.forename: Maria José
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Loureiro
authors.forename: Carlos
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cotrim
authors.forename: Otília
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Simões
authors.forename: Rita
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Pedro
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cordeiro
authors.forename: Manuel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrageta
mesh_terms: D000280:Administration, Inhalation; D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006976:Hypertension, Pulmonary / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy*; D016285:Iloprost / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D016276:Ventricular Function / Q000187:drug effects*
chemical_list: D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D016285:Iloprost