Abstract
Cardiac output and its distribution were measured using the microsphere technique before and at 2 and 6 h during the infusion of ritodrine, 1.5 μg · min −1 · kg −1 i.V., into near-term pregnant guinea pigs. Average cardiac output increased 16 and 25%, and total peripheral resistance decreased 16 and 19% after 2 and 6 h of ritodrine infusion. The carcass and gastrointestinal tract together received two-thirds of the extra cardiac output. Uteroplacental blood flow and uteroplacental vascular resistance were not significantly different from the preinfusion values after 2 h of ritodrine treatment, but were increased 35% and decreased 31%, respectively (p < 0.05 and < 0.01), after 6 h of infusion. The increase in uteroplacental blood flow between the 2- and 6-h measurements was positively, and the decrease in uteroplacental vascular resistance negatively correlated with the increase in cardiac output during the same period.
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