Manipulating afterload for the treatment of acute heart failure. A historical summary.
| Autor: | Perret, Claude, Enrico, Jean-François, Enrico, Jean-François |
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HEART failure
DIGITALIS (Drug) DIURETICS PHARMACODYNAMICS HEART diseases THERAPEUTICS MEDICAL research SODIUM nitroferricyanide VASODILATORS PHENTOLAMINE HEART ventricle diseases ANGIOTENSINS ANIMALS CARDIAC catheterization CARDIAC output CARDIOVASCULAR system physiology LEFT heart ventricle PULMONARY edema ACUTE diseases |
| Zdroj: | Intensive Care Medicine; Mar2003, Vol. 29 Issue 3, p364-367, 4p |
| Abstrakt: | Reports on the manipulation of afterload for the treatment of acute heart failure by researchers from Switzerland. Use of digitalis and diuretics as the mainstay of the conventional treatment of heart failure; Reconsideration for the use of positive inotropic agents on account of several studies demonstrating a poor hemodynamic response to digitalis and arrhythmogenic effects; Significance of the study on the understanding of different pathologic heart functions. |
| Databáze: | Complementary Index |
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