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  • Title: Acute effects of captopril in hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. Comparison with transient oxygen administration.
    Author: Boschetti E, Tantucci C, Cocchieri M, Fornari G, Grassi V, Sorbini CA.
    Journal: Respiration; 1985; 48(4):296-302. PubMed ID: 3909277.
    Abstract:
    The present study was carried out to test the hypothesis of a possible effectiveness of captopril--an enzymatic inhibitor of both angiotensin II formation and bradykinin degradation--on hypoxic pulmonary hypertension. In 6 patients with this clinical condition, captopril-induced changes in pulmonary hemodynamics were observed after the acute administration of the drug with and without a short period of oxygen therapy at a flow rate sufficient to keep the PaO2 over 60 mm Hg. In our patients, captopril significantly lowered pulmonary arterial pressure and vascular resistance only when combined with oxygen, suggesting that an increase in bradykinin availability and/or a decrease in angiotensin II synthesis might be important factors in reversing pulmonary arterial hypertension only after blunting of the hypoxic stimulus on pulmonary circulation. Moreover, the authors suggest that the employment of vasodilators in the setting of hypoxic pulmonary hypertension should be considered not only as a means of relieving vasoconstriction but also as a possible tool for maintaining cardiac output and, in turn, peripheral oxygen delivery.
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