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  • Title: Role of relative changes in caval flows for evaluation of right atrial pressure shifts induced by nitroglycerin.
    Author: Tkachenko BI, Evlakhov VI, Poyasov IZ.
    Journal: Bull Exp Biol Med; 2003 Sep; 136(3):213-5. PubMed ID: 14666177.
    Abstract:
    Experiments on cats treated with nitroglycerin showed dynamic relationship between changes in caval venous flows: blood flow increased in the superior vena cava and decreased in the inferior vena cava. Blood pressure in the right atrium either decreased, or increased. No significant changes in total venous return were observed during maximum shifts in right atrial pressure, while contractility of the right ventricular myocardium usually decreased. Our findings suggest that the direction of the right atrial pressure shifts induced by nitroglycerin does not depend on venous return, but is determined by the prevalence of flow changes in the superior vena cava or inferior vena cava.
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