Research Article

Acute Pulmonary Embolism Decreases Adenosine Plasma Levels in Anesthetized Pigs

Table 1

Hemodynamics before and after gradual pulmonary artery embolism.

Baseline Embolism 1 Embolism 2 Embolism 3

Heart rate, bpm 9 0 ± 8 1 2 2 ± 8 a 1 3 5 ± 9 a 1 4 8 ± 8 a b
CO, L/min/m2 4 . 1 ± 0 . 1 3 . 3 ± 0 . 4 a 2 . 7 ± 0 . 3 a 1 . 7 ± 0 . 3 a b c
Psa, mmHg 1 1 0 ± 1 0 1 1 9 ± 1 1 1 0 6 ± 8 8 8 ± 8 a b c
Ppa, mmHg 1 8 ± 2 3 1 ± 3 a 3 9 ± 3 a b 4 7 ± 4 a b c
Pra, mmHg 7 ± 1 7 ± 1 9 ± 2 a b 1 0 ± 1 a b
Ppao, mmHg 7 ± 1 7 ± 1 1 1 ± 1 a b 1 2 ± 1 a b
Zo, dyn·s·cm−5·m2 5 3 0 ± 4 5 1 7 0 4 ± 2 4 4 a 2 2 6 8 ± 1 9 0 a b 3 4 9 8 ± 2 0 8 a b c
Zc, dyn·s·cm−5·m2 9 2 ± 1 3 2 6 5 ± 3 0 a 2 9 7 ± 5 9 a 4 1 6 ± 4 3 a b c
F min, Hz 3 . 4 0 ± 0 . 2 5 4 . 9 0 ± 0 . 5 0 a 4 . 8 8 ± 0 . 7 1 4 . 9 2 ± 0 . 5 3 a
Ph1, rad 0 . 3 2 ± 0 . 0 3 0 . 5 7 ± 0 . 0 8 a 0 . 5 5 ± 0 . 0 9 a 0 . 6 5 ± 0 . 1 0 a
Ees, mmHg/mL 1 . 8 2 ± 0 . 1 0 2 . 7 0 ± 0 . 0 6 a 2 . 2 8 ± 0 . 4 2 a 1 . 2 0 ± 0 . 2 3 a b c
Ea, mmHg/mL 1 . 0 8 ± 0 . 1 5 3 . 1 5 ± 0 . 1 3 a 4 . 2 2 ± 0 . 4 0 a b 5 . 6 2 ± 0 . 3 2 a b c
Ees/Ea 1 . 6 9 ± 0 . 1 5 0 . 8 6 ± 0 . 2 8 a 0 . 5 4 ± 0 . 2 5 a 0 . 2 1 ± 0 . 0 7 a b c
SV, mL

Values are means ± SE (). CO: cardiac output; Psa: systemic arterial pressure; Ppa: pulmonary arterial pressure; Pra: right atrial pressure; Ppao: occluded Ppa; Zo: 0-Hz impedance; Zc: characteristic impedance; Ees: end-systolic elastance; Ea: arterial elastance. versus baseline; versus embolism 1; versus embolism 2.