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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-23
pubmed:abstractText
We sought to determine the efficacy of postoperative oral sildenafil therapy (OST) in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). A retrospective review of 45 postoperative patients with CHD who received OST was performed. Patients were categorized into three groups according to clinical indications: (1) to stabilize pulmonary vascular reactivity after biventricular repair (group 1 [n = 15]), (2) to lower pulmonary vascular resistance after bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt (group 2 [n = 12]), and (3) to improve post-Fontan hemodynamics (group 3 [n = 18]). Thirty-four patients (34 of 45 [75.6%]) had received inhaled nitric oxide (iNO) while on OST. Mean pulmonary arterial pressure (mPAP), mean systemic blood pressure (mSBP), and peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO(2)) were recorded during the first 24 hours after the initiation of OST. In group 1, the baseline mPAP/mSBP ratio (0.60 +/- 0.17) decreased significantly after the second (0.46 +/- 0.14, p = 0.004) and fourth (0.50 +/- 0.18, p = 0.025) doses of OST. In group 2, baseline SpO(2) (71.0 +/- 12.3%) increased after the fourth dose (75.1 +/- 12.3%, p = 0.04) of OST, without significant changes in mPAP. In group 3, baseline mPAP (14.8 +/- 3.3 mmHg) decreased significantly after the first (13.9 +/- 2.8 mmHg, p = 0.025) and second (13.3 +/- 1.9 mmHg, p = 0.016) doses of OST, without changes in SpO(2). In thirty-one (31 of 34 [92%]) subjects, iNO was discontinued within a median of 2 days after the initiation of OST, without rebound phenomena. There were no OST-related complications. Sildenafil citrate can be used safely in postoperative pediatric patients with CHD. Benefits from OST may be manifested differently in various clinical settings.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1432-1971
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
31
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
515-20
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Administration, Inhalation, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Administration, Oral, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Blood Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Child, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Drug Therapy, Combination, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Female, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Heart Defects, Congenital, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Hemodynamics, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Infant, Newborn, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Male, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Oxygen, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Piperazines, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Postoperative Complications, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Pulmonary Artery, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Pulmonary Wedge Pressure, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Purines, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Sulfones, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Treatment Outcome, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Vascular Resistance, pubmed-meshheading:20054528-Vasodilator Agents
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Postoperative use of oral sildenafil in pediatric patients with congenital heart disease.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pediatric Cardiac Surgery, Asan Medical Center, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan, 388-1 Poongnap-Dong, Songpa-Ku, Seoul 138-736, Korea.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article