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Ventricular power failure is presently the main therapeutic problem during acute myocardial infarction (AMI), since it accounts for more than 50 per cent of deaths in any age,1 (see Table 1). Direct measurements of cardiac hemodynamics through the use of right heart balloon flow-directed catheters have proved to be of invaluable help in optimizing the clinical management of patients with AMI, as they allow for selection of the most appropriate therapy, based on individual pathophysiological data.2,3 In this lecture, we will describe the immediate effects of the drugs which are most commonly used in the correction of the hemodynamic disorders complicating AMI, and we will examine their efficacy in young (age |
