• Title of article

    Haemodynamic effects of intravenous quinaprilat in comparison to sodium nitroprusside in patients with chronic heart failure

  • Author/Authors

    Arne G. Kieback، نويسنده , , Andrea Grohmann، نويسنده , , Gert Baumann، نويسنده , , Stephan B. Felix، نويسنده ,

  • Issue Information
    روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2007
  • Pages
    3
  • From page
    102
  • To page
    104
  • Abstract
    We compared the haemodynamic effects of intravenous boluses of the ACE inhibitor quinaprilat with an intravenous infusion of sodium nitroprusside in 23 patients with chronic heart failure (NYHA Class III or IV). At the highest drug doses, sodium nitroprusside significantly increased stroke volume index (+ 6.63 ml/m2, p = 0.045), whereas quinaprilat induced only a minor increase (+ 1.79 ml/m2, n.s.).
  • Keywords
    Quinaprilat , sodium nitroprusside , chronic heart failure , Intravenous ACE-inhibitor , Haemodynamics
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Cardiology
  • Serial Year
    2007
  • Journal title
    International Journal of Cardiology
  • Record number

    815413