Effects of Ouabain on Impaired Left Ventricular Function in Acute Myocardial Infarction

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 287, Issue 11, 1972, Pages 527-531

  Rahimtoola, Shahbudin H ^a   Sinno, M Ziad ^a   Chuquimia, Ruben ^a   Loeb, Henry S ^a   Rosen, Kenneth M ^a   Gunnar, Rolf M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OUABAIN;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECT; DYE DILUTION CURVE; FEMALE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; DYE DILUTION TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; OUABAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0015506119     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: 15334406     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM197209142871102     Document Type: Article

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