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pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR)
(mean PAP - PAoP) x 80/CO
PAP: pulmonary artery pressure
PAoP: pulmonary artery occlusive pressure
CO: cardiac output
Normal range: 800-1200 dynes/sec/cm-5
Management:
1) iloprost
2) bosentan
3) sildenafil
4) nitric oxide
General
resistance
References
- Manual of Medical Therapeutics, 28th ed, Ewald &
McKenzie (eds), Little, Brown & Co, Boston, 1995,
pg 577
- Journal Watch 22(9):68, 2002
Gbofrani HA et al Ann Intern Med 136:515, 2002
Rubin LJ et al N Engl JJ Med 346:896, 2002