Reatividade da artéria pulmonar, ao óxido nítrico inalado, antes e após a tromboendarterectomia / Pulmonary artery vascular reactivity, after nitric oxide inhalation, before and after pulmonary thromboendarterectomy

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2009

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INTRODUCTION: After pulmonary embolism, 1 to 3% of these patients develop a chronic embolism, with elevated pulmonary artery pressure and increased pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). The continuous elevated pressure leads to the remodeling of the small arteries. The objective of this study is to determinate if there is an increase in the responsiveness to the inhaled nitric oxide, in the post-thromboendaterectomy test, in comparison to the preoperative test. METHODS: The study includes twenty patients, age 18 to 68, submitted to thromboendarterctomy, between January 2005 and December 2007. All patients, in the preoperative period, were submitted to right cardiac catheterization, with the measurement of the pulmonary pressures, wedge pressure, cardiac output and PVR. Afterwards, they inhaled 20 ppm of nitric oxide (NO) for ten minutes, with a new measurement of all variables. Three months after thromboendarterectomy, thirteen patients underwent a new measurement, before and after nitric oxide inhalation. We analyzed the reactivity of the pulmonary artery, considering the statistical changes in the hemodinamical parameters. We also considered a positive test according to classical criterion (reduction 20% in PAPm and PVR after NO inhalation) and redefined criterion (PAPm falling to 40 mmHg or less, after inhaled NO, with a drop higher than 10 mmHg). RESULTS:The statistical analyze used the Student-t test for parametrical data and the Wilcoxon Signed Ranks for non parametrical data. Statistical significance 5%.Regardling only the patients who complete both hemodynamic tests (n = 13), according to the classical criterion, six subjects had positive response to inhaled NO before PTE while nine patients had positive response after PTE. The difference between pre-PTE and post-PTE was not statistical significant: p = 0,375. Concernig the redefined criterion, two subjects had positive response in pre-PTE test and four subjects had positive response in post-PTE test, with no statistically significant difference between pre-PTE and post-PTE responders (p = 0,688). CONCLUSIONS: In this study, we could not find, in the postoperative test, a greater reactivity to inhaled NO, in comparison to the preoperative test

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nitric oxide tromboembolismo pulmonar crônico tromboendarterectomia pulmonar chronic pulmonary thromboembolism pulmonary hypertension Óxido nítrico pulmonary thromboendarterectomy hipertensão pulmonar

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