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Role of the Systemic Vasculature in the Hemodynamic Response to Changes in Plasma Ionized Calcium
Daniel Scheidegger, MD;
Lambertus J. Drop, MD, PhD;
Jean-Claude Schellenberg, MD
Arch Surg. 1980;115(2):206-211.
Abstract
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• Hemodynamic consequences of sustained (one hour) hypocalcemia and hypercalcemia (plasma ionized calcium concentration [Ca++] maintained approximately 60% below or above normal, encompassing the clinical range) were studied and the influence of beta blockade on these hemodynamic alterations examined in 16 anesthetized, closed-chest dogs. Alterations in [Ca++] were associated with directionally similar changes in mean arterial pressure, whereas on the average cardiac output remained unchanged. Thus, the peripheral vasculature played an important role in the hemodynamic response to alterations in [Ca++]. The state of beta adrenergic activity was an important determinant of the hemodynamic response to hypocalcemia. Prior to beta blockade, hypocalcemia was associated with decreased systemic vascular resistance, whereas after beta blockade with propranolol hydrochloride, systemic vascular resistance was not different from control except at the five-minute observation period, and cardiac output and stroke volume fell.
(Arch Surg 115:206-211, 1980)
Author Affiliations
From the Anesthesia Services of the Massachusetts General Hospital (Drs Scheidegger, Drop, and Schellenberg) and the Department of Anaesthesia, Harvard Medical School, Boston (Dr Drop). Dr Scheidegger is presently with the Service de Cardiologie, Hôpital Cantonal, Genève, Switzerland, and Dr Schellenberg is presently with the Departement für Anästhesie, Kantonsspital Basel, Switzerland.
Footnotes
Accepted for publication Aug 27, 1979.
Reprint requests to Department of Anesthesia, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA 02114 (Dr Drop).
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