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Vasopressin and ischaemic heart disease: more than coronary vasoconstriction?

During advanced vasodilatory shock, arginine vasopressin (AVP) is increasingly used to restore blood pressure and thus to reduce catecholamine requirements. The AVP-related rise in mean arterial pressure is due to systemic vasoconstriction, which, depending on the infusion rate, may also reduce coro...

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Autores principales: Asfar, Pierre, Radermacher, Peter
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2750154/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19664189
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc7954