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  • Title: Post-cardiopulmonary bypass pulmonary hypertension in lambs with increased pulmonary blood flow. A role for endothelin 1.
    Author: Reddy VM, Hendricks-Munoz KD, Rajasinghe HA, Petrossian E, Hanley FL, Fineman JR.
    Journal: Circulation; 1997 Feb 18; 95(4):1054-61. PubMed ID: 9054770.
    Abstract:
    BACKGROUND: After cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), pulmonary hypertension and its associated increased vascular reactivity are a major source of morbidity, particularly for children with increased pulmonary blood flow. Although post-CPB pulmonary hypertension is well described, its mechanisms remain incompletely understood. Plasma levels of endothelin 1. a potent vasoactive substance implicated in pulmonary hypertension, are increased after CPB. The purpose of the present study was threefold: to characterize the changes in pulmonary vascular resistance and vascular reactivity induced by hypothermic CPB; to investigate the effects of preexisting increased pulmonary blood flow on these changes; and to better define the role of endothelin 1 in the pathogenesis of post-CPB pulmonary hypertension. METHODS AND RESULTS: Vascular pressures and blood flows were monitored in 14 1-month-old lambs with increased pulmonary blood flow (after in utero placement of an aortopulmonary shunt) and 6 age-matched control lambs. During the 2-hour study period after 105.3 +/- 20.6 minutes of hypothermic CPB the increase in pulmonary vascular resistance was significantly augmented in lambs with increased pulmonary blood flow compared with control lambs (P < .05). Pretreatment with PD 145065 (a nonselective endothelin receptor blocker; 50 micrograms.kg-1.min-1) completely blocked this increase in pulmonary vascular resistance and blocked the increase in pulmonary vascular resistance in response to acute alveolar hypoxia after CPB (96.3 +/- 88.5% versus -9.7 +/- 16.4%; P < .05). Plasma endothelin 1 levels increased after CPB in all lambs. CONCLUSIONS: Preexisting increased pulmonary blood flow alters the response of the pulmonary circulation to hypothermic CPB; the increase in pulmonary vascular resistance induced by CPB is augmented in lambs with increased pulmonary blood flow. Pretreatment with endothelin 1 receptor blockers eliminated the increase in pulmonary vascular resistance and the pulmonary vasoconstricting response to alveolar hypoxia, suggesting a role for endothelin 1 in post-CPB pulmonary hypertension. Endothelin 1 receptor blockers may decrease morbidity in children at risk for pulmonary hypertension after surgical repair with CPB and warrants further study.
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