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Rev. méd. Chile
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124(6): 720-4, jun. 1996. ilus
Article
in Spanish
| LILACS
| ID: lil-174801
ABSTRACT
A 54 years old female patient with a mitral valve prolapse and a rheumatic arthritis with steroids was admitted with dysnea and hypotension, that started 30 min after taking a pill containing enapril and hydroclorothiazide. Hemodynamic monitoring with a Swan-Ganz catheter showed a pulmonary capillary pressure of 5 mm Hg, a systemic vascular resistance of 887 (dyn sec)/cm5 and a cardiac output of 10 1/min. Tha patient had a history of adverse reactions to thiazides and responded to volume replacement, dopamine and steroids