• J. Card. Fail. · Aug 2005

    Comparative Study

    Effects of intravenous nesiritide on pulmonary vascular hemodynamics in pulmonary hypertension.

    • Andrew D Michaels, Kanu Chatterjee, and Teresa De Marco.
    • Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco Medical Center, 94143, USA.
    • J. Card. Fail. 2005 Aug 1; 11 (6): 425-31.

    BackgroundNesiritide is effective in the treatment of decompensated heart failure (HF). We evaluated the acute hemodynamic effects of nesiritide, a recombinant B-type natriuretic peptide, in patients with HF and pulmonary hypertension (PH).Methods And ResultsTwenty patients with HF and PH (mean pulmonary arterial [PA] pressure >25 mm Hg) were enrolled: 10 with postpulmonary capillary wedge (PCW) >15 mm Hg and 10 with precapillary PH (PCW) < or =15. The pulmonary and systemic hemodynamics were determined by right heart catheterization at baseline and at 15 and 30 minutes after an intravenous nesiritide infusion (2 mcg/kg bolus and 0.01 mcg.kg.min). For the patients with postcapillary PH, the mean left ventricular ejection fraction was 28 +/- 15%. After the 30-minute nesiritide infusion, right atrial (RA) pressure decreased 48% (P < .0001), mean PA pressure decreased 29% (P < .0001), PCW pressure decreased 40% (P < .0001), cardiac index (CI) increased 35% (P = .009), pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVRI) decreased 35% (P = .01), and arteriovenous oxygen difference (AVDO(2)) decreased 27% (P = .0003). For precapillary PH patients, there was no change in RA, PA, or PCW pressure, nor any change in CI, PVRI, or AVDO(2).ConclusionsNesiritide acutely and significantly reduced PA pressure, PVRI, and biventricular filling pressures in patients with postcapillary PH. However, for patients with precapillary PH, nesiritide had no significant acute hemodynamic effect on the pulmonary hemodynamics. The lack of acute beneficial effects of nesiritide in patients with advanced precapillary PH may be related to their relatively fixed remodeling of the pulmonary vasculature.

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