Inhaled Nitric Oxide for Acute Right-Ventricular Dysfunction After Extrapleural Pneumonectomy

Abstract

Increased pulmonary vascular pressure and decreased right-ventricular performance may occur following pneumonectomy. Inhaled nitric oxide decreases right-ventricular afterload and improves cardiac index by selectively decreasing pulmonary vascular resistance without causing systemic hypotension. We report the use of inhaled nitric oxide in a patient with acute right-ventricular dysfunction after extrapleural pneumonectomy.

Keywords

pulmonary vascular pressure ventricle pneumonectomy inhaled nitric oxide afterload cardiac index pulmonary vascular resistance hypotension

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