Vasodilators in the management of acute heart failure : Critical Care Medicine (original) (raw)
Scientific Reviews
Elkayam, Uri MD; Janmohamed, Munir MD; Habib, Munira MD; Hatamizadeh, Parta MD
From the Heart Failure Program, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA.
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Abstract
Recent guidelines by the Heart Failure Society of America have recommended consideration for use of nitroprusside, nitroglycerin, or nesiritide in addition to diuretics to achieve hemodynamic and symptomatic improvement. This article reviews the results of previous studies evaluating the pharmacologic and clinical effects and safety profiles of these drugs in patients with heart failure.
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