PMID: 2494244Mar 15, 1989Paper

Hemodynamic effects of nitroglycerin in an experimental model of acute aortic regurgitation

Journal of the American College of Cardiology
H H KlepzigS F Khuri

Abstract

Afterload reduction is an accepted therapeutic modality for the treatment of congestive heart failure caused by chronic aortic regurgitation. However, the role of vasodilator therapy in acute aortic incompetence has not been established. To investigate this, left ventricular volume overload was produced in 18 dogs by constructing a valved conduit from the descending thoracic aorta to the left ventricular apex. The time course of aortic, pulmonary and conduit flows was analyzed in eight control studies and established stability of the experimental model. In the remaining 10 dogs, intravenous nitroglycerin, titrated to reduce mean aortic blood pressure by 40%, and placebo (ethanol) were each infused for 20 min periods. Compared with placebo, nitroglycerin significantly reduced aortic flow (3,945 +/- 324 to 3,397 +/- 362 ml/min, p less than 0.01), regurgitant flow (1,304 +/- 131 to 764 +/- 90 ml/min, p less than 0.001), septal-lateral end-diastolic diameter (47.5 +/- 1.8 to 46.5 +/- 1.8 mm, p less than 0.001), left ventricular end-diastolic pressure (6.9 +/- 0.8 to 6.0 +/- 0.6 mm Hg, p less than 0.05), left ventricular stroke work (19.0 +/- 2.6 to 10.8 +/- 1.7 g-m/beat, p less than 0.001) and systemic vascular resistance (2,253 +/...Continue Reading

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