Open AccessSeptal rupture: Effect of oxygen administration
Author(s) -
Hollander G.,
Horowitz J.,
Greengart A.,
Shani J.,
Lichstein E.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960111210
Subject(s) - medicine , intracardiac injection , cardiology , hypoxic pulmonary vasoconstriction , shunting , shunt (medical) , complication , myocardial infarction , vasodilation , anesthesia , vasoconstriction , oxygen , hypoxia (environmental) , chemistry , organic chemistry
A patient with interventricular septal rupture as a complication of myocardial infarction was studied to determine whether varying the concentration of inspired oxygen would alter the magnitude of intracardiac shunt. A significant correlation was found showing that high concentration of inspired oxygen results in increased left to right shunting probably due to systemic vasoconstriction and pulmonary vasodilatation.