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We aimed to assess the effects of a single intravenous dose of remimazolam on hemodynamics in children with congenital heart disease.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      This self-controlled before-and-after study enrolled 40 children undergoing elective cardiac catheterization and transcatheter interventional closure at Shanghai Children\u2019s Hospital between June and September 2024. No special preoperative medications were administered. After entering the operating room, noninvasive hemodynamic parameters, such as heart rate (HR), mean arterial pressure (MAP), oxygen saturation (SPO\n                      <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                      ), cardiac output (CO), and cardiac index (CI) were monitored. During the cardiac catheterization procedure, invasive hemodynamic parameters\u2014including superior vena cava pressure (SVCP), right atrial pressure (RAP), right ventricular pressure (RVP), and pulmonary artery pressure (PAP)\u2014were measured according to surgical requirements. Subsequently, remimazolam (0.3\u00a0mg\/kg) was administered intravenously, and the same parameters were remeasured 3\u00a0min later. The impact of remimazolam on hemodynamics in children with CHD was evaluated by comparing the changes in these indicators before and after drug administration.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Five patients were excluded due to incomplete data, leaving 35 for analysis (sex, 11 male, 24 female; median age, 6.67 [interquartile range: 4\u201311.5\u00a0years]). Following intravenous administration of remimazolam, all non-invasive hemodynamic parameters remained stable, showing no statistically significant differences before versus after medication: HR [(104.31 \u00b1 20.27) vs. (104.91 \u00b1 19.76) bpm, P = 0.485], MAP [61 (58, 65) vs. 61 (57, 66) mmHg, P = 0.313], CO [3.2 (2.34, 3.5) vs. 3 (2.41, 3.7) L\/min, P = 0.133], and CI [3.3 (3, 3.6) vs. 3.3 (3, 3.71) L\/min\/m\n                      <jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>\n                      , P = 0.292]. Similarly, no statistically significant differences were observed in right heart system pressures before and after administration: mRAP [8 (6, 10) vs. 8.5 (6.75, 10.25) mmHg, P = 0.064] and mPAP [15.5 (14, 19) vs. 16 (14, 19.5) mmHg, P = 0.517]. No adverse reactions such as bradycardia, hypotension, or hypertension were observed after intravenous injection of remimazolam.\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>During sevoflurane-maintained anesthesia, co-administration of remimazolam provides good hemodynamic stability for children with left-to-right shunt congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac catheterization.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.3389\/fphar.2025.1714645","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,24]],"date-time":"2025-11-24T08:43:22Z","timestamp":1763973802000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Effects of remimazolam on hemodynamics in children with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac catheterization"],"prefix":"10.3389","volume":"16","author":[{"given":"Hongyun","family":"Li","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Zhaomeng","family":"Song","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Xunwei","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Wei","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Rong","family":"Wei","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1965","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,11,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"B1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","first-page":"13","DOI":"10.1007\/s00540-022-03119-7","article-title":"Association between remimazolam and postoperative delirium in older adults undergoing elective cardiovascular surgery: a prospective cohort study","volume":"37","author":"Aoki","year":"2022","journal-title":"J. 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