ET-1 infusion increases systemic vascular resistance and depresses cardiac output in patients with chronic hypoxaemia and pulmonary hypertension

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Abstract

The pulmonary vascular effects of the endothelium-derived peptide endothelin (ET) vary depending on the existing vascular tone, modes of administration and species studied; ET can cause both pulmonary vasodilatation and vasoconstriction. Increased plasma levels of ET have been reported in hypoxic pulmonary hypertension, although it is unclear whether ET is a mediator or a marker of hypoxia-induced increase in pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR). In our study, the plasma levels of ET-1 and the functional effects of ET-1 infusion in patients (n = 4) with chronic hypoxaemia and elevated PVR were evaluated. At rest, the arterial and venous ET-1-levels (13 ± 2 and 12 ± 1 fmol/ml, respectively) were significantly higher than those detected in venous plasma of an age-matched healthy control group (7 ± 1 fmol/ml). Consecutively 10 min infusions of ET-1 at 1, 5, 10 and 15 ng/kg/min into the pulmonary artery decreased cardiac output (by 32%) and stroke volume (by 33%) and increased the systemic vascular resistance (by 62%) and arteriovenous oxygen difference (by 83%) at the highest dose. No deleterious effect was observed in the pulmonary circulation. The present study therefore suggests that intra-pulmonarily administered ET does not attenuate the increased PVR associated with chronic hypoxaemia.

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Franco-Cereceda, A., Holm, P., Brodin, L. Å., Liska, J., & Larsen, F. F. (1999). ET-1 infusion increases systemic vascular resistance and depresses cardiac output in patients with chronic hypoxaemia and pulmonary hypertension. Scandinavian Cardiovascular Journal, 33(3), 151–156. https://doi.org/10.1080/14017439950141777

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