Heart Failure: Pathophysiologic Mechanisms: The same... : AJN The American Journal of Nursing (original) (raw)
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The same neurohormonal actions that initially preserve cardiac output subsequently cause functional deterioration. New drug breakthroughs may provide a solution.
Carelock, Janis MSN, RN, CCRN, CNS; Clark, Angela P. PhD, RN, CS, FAAN
Janis Carelock is an instructor in clinical nursing at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing. From March through September of this year, Ms. Carelock was a paid consultant for the Scios Corporation, developing an inpatient nursing protocol for the use of nesiritide. Angela Clark is an associate professor of nursing at the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing and is a clinical nurse specialist in cardiopulmonary and diabetes care. Contact author: Janis Carelock, Instructor, the University of Texas at Austin School of Nursing, 1700 Red River, Austin, TX 78701; [email protected].
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