Twenty-five children were assessed by cardiac catheterization and first-pass nuclear angiocardiography (FPNA), first while breathing ordinary room air and then after breathing high concentration oxygen for 20 minutes. Among the 25 cases, group one included 8 children without left-to-right shunt; group two, 9 cases who had left-to-right shunts without pulmonary hypertension; group three consisted of 8 cases with left-to-right shunts and pulmonary hypertension. The total pulmonary resistance to total systemic resistance ratio (TPR/TSR) and pulmonary arteriolar resistance to total systemic resistance ratio (PAR/TSR) were calculated. No significant changes were found in groups one and two (P>0.05), but there was a significant change in group three (P<0.O1). Decreasing rates of TPR/TSR and PAR/TSR were measured after the patients breathed a high concentration of oxygen. There was no significant difference between groups one and two (P>0.05), but there was a significant difference between group one aid three (P0.01). Calculation by FPNA of the increased rate of pulmonary blood flow to systemic blood flow after breathing a high concentration of oxygen showed significant differences between group one compared with group two and three (P<0.01).
Twenty-five children were assessed by cardiac catheterization and first-pass nuclear angiocardiography (FPNA), first while breathing ordinary room air and then after breathing high concentration oxygen for 20 minutes. Among the 25 cases, group one included 8 children without left-to-right shunt; group two, 9 cases who had left-to-right shunts without pulmonary hypertension; group three consisted of 8 cases with left-to-right shunts and pulmonary hypertension. The total pulmonary resistance to total systemic resistance ratio (TPR/TSR) and pulmonary arteriolar resistance to total systemic resistance ratio (PAR/TSR) were calculated. No significant changes were found in groups one and two (P>0.05), but there was a significant change in group three (P<0.O1). Decreasing rates of TPR/TSR and PAR/TSR were measured after the patients breathed a high concentration of oxygen. There was no significant difference between groups one and two (P>0.05), but there was a significant difference between group one aid three (P0.01). Calculation by FPNA of the increased rate of pulmonary blood flow to systemic blood flow after breathing a high concentration of oxygen showed significant differences between group one compared with group two and three (P<0.01).