Hypercontractile heart failure caused by catecholamine therapy in premature neonates

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 836-838

  Germanakis, I ^a   Bender, C ^a   Hentschel, R ^a   Braun, K ^b   Dittrich, S ^a   Kececioglu, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Children's Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Catecholamines; Hypercontractility; Hypotension; VLBW

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; NORADRENALIN;

AORTA COARCTATION; ARTERY LIGATION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART MUSCLE CONTRACTILE FORCE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; INFANT; INOTROPISM; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECEPTOR BINDING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADRENERGIC AGONISTS; ADRENERGIC BETA-AGONISTS; DOBUTAMINE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY, LEFT VENTRICULAR; HYPOTENSION; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MYOCARDIAL CONTRACTION; NOREPINEPHRINE;

EID: 0041373945     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250310002975     Document Type: Article

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