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J Appl Physiol 69: 837-842, 1990;
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Journal of Applied Physiology, Vol 69, Issue 3 837-842, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Effect of left atrial pressure on bronchial vascular hemodynamics

E. M. Wagner and W. A. Mitzner
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21224.

We studied the bronchial vascular response to downstream pressure elevation by increasing left atrial pressure (Pla) and mean airway pressure (Paw) with positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP). In seven pentobarbital-anesthetized ventilated sheep, we cannulated and perfused the bronchial branch of the bronchoesophageal artery. Steady-state bronchial artery pressure- (Pba) flow (Qba) relationships were obtained as Pla was increased by inflating a balloon catheter in the left atrium. Bronchial vascular resistance (BVR), determined by the inverse slope of the Pba-Qba relationship, increased significantly from 3.2 +/- 0.3 (SE) mmHg.ml-1.min-1 at a Pla of 2.9 +/- 0.7 mmHg to 5.1 +/- 0.5 mmHg.ml-1.min-1 at a Pla of 20.1 +/- 2.0 mmHg (P = 0.0007). Under control Qba (23.3 +/- 1.2 ml/min), these changes in BVR represent a 3.6 +/- 0.7-mmHg increase in Pba per mmHg increase in Pla. The zero-flow pressure increased 1.3 +/- 0.2 mmHg/mmHg increase in Pla. After infusion of papaverine, a smooth muscle paralytic agent, directly into the bronchial artery, BVR decreased significantly to 1.3 +/- 0.7 mmHg.ml-1.min-1 (P = 0.0004). Under these dilated conditions, BVR was unaltered by increases in Pla. After papaverine administration, Pba increased 0.9 +/- 0.1 and 1.2 +/- 0.1 mmHg/mmHg increase in Pla during control and zero-flow conditions, respectively. Thus the effect of Pla elevation on BVR appears to be dependent on active smooth muscle responses. Paw elevation had similar effects on Pba. Under control Qba, Pba increased 2.2 +/- 0.4 mmHg/mmHg increase in Paw.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)


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