PEDIATRICS Vol. 48 No. 4 October 1971, pp. 528-533
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THE EFFECTS OF MATERNAL HYPOXIA AND HYPEROXIA UPON THE NEONATAL PULMONARY VASCULATURE

Stanley J. Goldberg M.D.1, Richard A. Levy 1, Bijan Siassi M.D.1, and Joanne Betten A.B.1

1 University of Arizona, College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Tucson, Arizona, the University of California at Los Angeles, School of Medicine, and the University of Southern California, School of Medicine

The fetal and newborn pulmonary artery has thickened media by comparison to that of the older infant. In this study we investigated the proposition that chronic maternal hypoxia during the latter part of gestation might induce further thickening of the neonatal pulmonary artery media. Relative medial thickness was determined by the ratio of the arterial media to external diameter. The mean ratio of small pulmonary arteries of progeny of hypoxic mothers was significantly thicker in each size group between 50 and 150 microns as compared to those born to mothers who spent their gestation in air or hyperoxic environments. Medial hypertrophy was most pronounced in the smaller arteries of the hypoxic group; no intersize variations were found between the control or hyperoxic groups. Medial thickness decreased in all arteries through 2 weeks of age; this decrease was greatest in control and hyperoxic arteries. The possible relationship of hypertrophied pulmonary arterial media and abnormally increased neonatal pulmonary vascular resistance is discussed.

Submitted on November 5, 1970
Accepted on March 29, 1971




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