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Moinard, J. et al.

Effect of inhaled nitric oxide on hemodynamics and VA/Q inequalities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

Nitric oxide (NO) has been reported to be an endothelium-derived relaxing factor, and hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction seems to be enhanced by inhibitors of endothelially dependent vascular relaxation. We examined the circulatory effects of inhalation of 15 ppm NO in air in 14 hypoxic patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Of these patients 4 breathed 100% O2 before NO. The effects of NO inhalation on pulmonary gas exchange were also studied in 12 of these patients using the multiple inert gas elimination technique, 3 of whom breathed air, 100% O2, and 15 ppm NO in air in succession. Under baseline conditions, both mean +/- SD pulmonary artery pressure and pulmonary vascular resistance were increased (Ppa = 24.3 +/- 10.4 mm Hg and PVR = 3.3 +/- 1.1 mm Hg/L/min, respectively). Although the pulmonary circulatory effects were not immediate, with no detectable changes after 1 min NO inhalation, Ppa and PVR fell significantly (-19.1 +/- 10.5%, p < 0.02 and -29.3 +/- 15.1%, p < 0.02, respectively) after 10 min NO inhalation. Moreover, the extent of the NO-induced reduction in Ppa was found to depend on the level of baseline pulmonary arterial hypertension. No systemic circulatory effects were observed. The mean VA/Q ratio and the dispersion of ventilation and blood flow distributions were not altered by NO inhalation, although there was a significantly higher percentage of ventilation (7.3 +/- 7.3%, p < 0.05) in poorly and unperfused areas (VA/Q > 10).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)[1]

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Effect of inhaled nitric oxide on hemodynamics and VA/Q inequalities in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Moinard, J., Manier, G., Pillet, O., Castaing, Y. Am. J. Respir. Crit. Care Med. (1994) [Pubmed]

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