Acute pulmonary hypertensive crisis in a patient with primary pulmonary hypertension treated by both epoprostenol (prostacyclin) and nitroprusside

Chest. 1991 May;99(5):1284-5. doi: 10.1378/chest.99.5.1284.

Abstract

A 19-year-old girl was diagnosed as having primary pulmonary hypertension that was confirmed by right heart catheterization. Acute right heart failure was associated with syncope. Stabilization, while not achieved with intravenous epoprostenol (Prostacyclin) alone, was achieved with intravenous prostacyclin and nitroprusside.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cardiac Output, Low / etiology
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Epoprostenol / therapeutic use*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / complications
  • Hypertension, Pulmonary / drug therapy*
  • Nitroprusside / therapeutic use*
  • Syncope / etiology
  • Ventricular Function, Right / physiology

Substances

  • Nitroprusside
  • Epoprostenol