| Literature DB >> 18158484 |
Uri Elkayam1, Munir Janmohamed, Munira Habib, Parta Hatamizadeh.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18158484 DOI: 10.1097/01.CCM.0000297161.41559.93
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Crit Care Med ISSN: 0090-3493 Impact factor: 7.598