Key result
Administration of nitroglycerin in a 56-year-old man with severe left ventricular hypertrophy and hypertensive emergency resulted in a sudden drop in systolic blood pressure from 220 to 106 mmHg.
Case Report (n=1)
Demonstrates the risk of severe hypotension following nitroglycerin administration in patients with severe left ventricular hypertrophy and partial outflow tract obstruction.
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Nitroglycerin may unmask LVOT obstruction in severe concentric LVH; this case report leaves open safe vasodilator strategies in hypertensive emergencies.
Al et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Severe Left Ventricular Hypertrophy (n=1). Nitroglycerin was evaluated. Administration of nitroglycerin in a 56-year-old man with severe left ventricular hypertrophy and hypertensive emergency resulted in a sudden drop in systolic blood pressure from 220 to 106 mmHg.
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