Pulmonary Artery Banding for High Pulmonary Vascular Resistance

Author(s):  
J. H. K. Vogel ◽  
J. D. Hutcherson ◽  
J. G. Rosenkrantz ◽  
B. C. Paton ◽  
S. G. Blount
1968 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 118
Author(s):  
John H.K. Vogel ◽  
John D. Hutcherson ◽  
Jens G. Rosenkranz ◽  
Bruck C. Paton ◽  
S.Gilbert Blount

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 35-44
Author(s):  
Vadim I. Evlakhov ◽  
Ilya Z. Poyassov ◽  
Tatiana P. Berezina

Background. The pulmonary arterial and venous vessels are innervated by parasympathetic cholinergic nerves. However, the studies, performed on the isolated rings of pulmonary vessels, can not give answer to the question about the role of cholinergic mechanisms in the changes of pulmonary circulation in full measure. Aim. The comparative analysis of the changes of the pulmonary macro- and microhemodynamics after acetylcholine, atropine, pentamine and nitroglycerine treatment. Materials and methods. The study was carried out on the anesthetized rabbits in the condition of intact circulation with the measurement of the pulmonary artery pressure and flow, venae cavae flows, cardiac output, and also on isolated perfused lungs in situ with stabilized pulmonary flow with measurement of the perfused pulmonary artery pressure, capillary hydrostatic pressure, capillary filtration coefficient and calculation of the pulmonary vascular resistance, pre- and postcapillary resistances. Results. In the conditions of intact circulation after acetylcholine, pentamine and nitroglycerine treatment the pulmonary artery pressure and flow decreased, the pulmonary vascular resistance did not change as a result of decreasing of pulmonary artery flow and left atrial pressure due to diminution of venous return and venae cavaе flows. On perfused isolated lungs acetylcholine caused the increasing of pulmonary artery pressure, capillary hydrostatic pressure, pulmonary vascular resistance, pre- and postcapillary resistance and capillary filtration coefficient. After M-blocker atropine treatment the indicated above parameters of pulmonary microcirculation increased, on the contrary, after N-blocker pentamine treatment they decreased. Nitroglycerine infusion caused less decreasing of the parameters of pulmonary microcirculation in comparison with effects of pentamine, but capillary filtration coefficient decreased to a greater extent. These data indicate that nitroglycerine decreases endothelial permeability of pulmonary microvessels. Conclusion. After activation or blockade of cholinergic mechanisms in the condition of intact circulation the calculated parameter of pulmonary vascular resistance is depended from the ratio of the pulmonary artery pressure and flow and left atrial pressure, which are determined by the venous return. The different character of the changes of pulmonary microcirculatory parameters after M-blocker atropine and N-blocker pentamine treatment is evidence of reciprocal relations of M- and N-cholinoceptors in the nervous regulation of the pulmonary microcirculatory bed.


2009 ◽  
Vol 297 (2) ◽  
pp. L318-L325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc Chester ◽  
Pierre Tourneux ◽  
Greg Seedorf ◽  
Theresa R. Grover ◽  
Jason Gien ◽  
...  

Impaired nitric oxide-cGMP signaling contributes to severe pulmonary hypertension after birth, which may in part be due to decreased soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) activity. Cinaciguat (BAY 58-2667) is a novel sGC activator that causes vasodilation, even in the presence of oxidized heme or heme-free sGC, but its hemodynamic effects have not been studied in the perinatal lung. We performed surgery on eight fetal (126 ± 2 days gestation) lambs (full term = 147 days) and placed catheters in the main pulmonary artery, aorta, and left atrium to measure pressures. An ultrasonic flow transducer was placed on the left pulmonary artery to measure blood flow, and a catheter was placed in the left pulmonary artery for drug infusion. Cinaciguat (0.1–100 μg over 10 min) caused dose-related increases in pulmonary blood flow greater than fourfold above baseline and reduced pulmonary vascular resistance by 80%. Treatment with 1H-[1,2,4]oxadiazolo[4,3-a]quinoxalin-1-one (ODQ), an sGC-oxidizing inhibitor, enhanced cinaciguat-induced pulmonary vasodilation by >120%. The pulmonary vasodilator effect of cinaciguat was prolonged, decreasing pulmonary vascular resistance for >1.5 h after brief infusion. In vitro stimulation of ovine fetal pulmonary artery smooth muscle cells with cinaciguat after ODQ treatment resulted in a 14-fold increase in cGMP compared with non-ODQ-treated cells. We conclude that cinaciguat causes potent and sustained fetal pulmonary vasodilation that is augmented in the presence of oxidized sGC and speculate that cinaciguat may have therapeutic potential for severe neonatal pulmonary hypertension.


2004 ◽  
Vol 96 (4) ◽  
pp. 1399-1405 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Belik ◽  
J. Pan ◽  
R. P. Jankov ◽  
A. K. Tanswell

The factors accounting for the maintenance of a low pulmonary vascular resistance postnatally are not completely understood. The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that bronchial epithelium produces a factor capable of relaxing adjacent pulmonary arterial smooth muscle. We studied fourth-generation intralobar pulmonary arteries and bronchi of 4- to 8-day-old rats. Arteries were mounted on a wire myograph, alone or with the adjacent bronchus. The presence of the attached bronchus significantly reduced pulmonary artery force generation induced by the thromboxane analog (U-46619) or KCl whether the endothelium was present or absent ( P < 0.01). The converse was not true in that bronchial force generation was not affected when studied with the adjacent pulmonary artery. Mechanical removal of the bronchial epithelium or addition of the nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) nonspecific ( NG-monomethyl-l-arginine) or the specific neuronal NOS (7-nitroindazole) inhibitors increased arterial force generation to levels comparable to the isolated artery preparation. Wortmannin, a phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitor, significantly decreased ( P < 0.01) NO release of pulmonary arteries only when the adjacent bronchus was present. We conclude that bronchial epithelium in the newborn rat produces a factor capable of lowering pulmonary vascular muscle tone. This relaxant effect can be suppressed by NOS and phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase kinase inhibition, suggesting an action via NOS phosphorylation and NO release. We speculate that such a mechanism may be operative in vivo and plays an important role in control of pulmonary vascular resistance in the early postnatal period.


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