Effects of nitroprusside on cardiac norepinephrine spillover and isovolumic left ventricular relaxation in the normal and failing human left ventricle

Canadian Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1211-1216

  Ros, Magdalena ^a,b   Azevedo, Eduardo R ^a,b   Newton, Gary E ^a,b   Parker, John D ^a,b  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autonomic reflexes; Sympathetic nervous system; Ventricular function

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIGOXIN; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; FUROSEMIDE; HYDRALAZINE; ISOSORBIDE DINITRATE; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; NORADRENALIN; TRACER; VASODILATOR AGENT;

ADULT; ARTERIAL PRESSURE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG INFUSION; FEMALE; HEART AFTERLOAD; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE PRESSURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE RELAXATION; HEART PRELOAD; HUMAN; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MALE; MANOMETER; MEASUREMENT; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPATHETIC REFLEX; SYMPATHETIC TONE;

FEMALE; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; MYOCARDIUM; NITROPRUSSIDE; NOREPINEPHRINE; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 0036867304     PISSN: 0828282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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