Successful Use of Pulmonary Vasodilators in Acute Chest Syndrome Complicated by Persistent Right Ventricular Failure

Table 1

Hemodynamics on right heart catheterization nineteen months prior to hospitalization (baseline) in comparison to during acute chest syndrome (ACS).

	Baseline	ACS
Mean right atrial pressure	5 mmHg	18 mmHg
Right ventricular pressure	40/3 mmHg	89/10 mmHg
Pulmonary artery pressure (mean)	42/16 (25) mmHg	95/46 (58) mmHg
Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure	6 mmHg	10 mmHg
Pulmonary vascular resistance	3.9 Wood units	13.6 Wood units
Cardiac output by thermodilution	4.83 L/min	3.53 L/min
Cardiac index by thermodilution	2.57 L/min/m^2	1.86 L/min/m^2
Arterial oxygen saturation	97%	98%
Pulmonary artery oxygen saturation	69%	53%
Hemoglobin	12.4 g/dL	10.6 g/dL