Why the study?
Does altering afterload with angiotensin or nitroprusside affect left ventricular function and hemodynamics in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis?
Population
Patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis
Design
Other
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Does not support afterload reduction in mitral stenosis; leaves open valve-dominant management pending prospective trials.
Does altering afterload with angiotensin or nitroprusside affect left ventricular function and hemodynamics in patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis?
In patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis, afterload reduction fails to augment cardiac output, while afterload elevation depresses it, demonstrating the dominant hemodynamic limitation of the stenotic valve.
Bolen et al. (1975) studied this question.
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