Why the study?
Does isoproterenol improve clinical and hemodynamic outcomes compared to levarterenol in patients with shock due to acute myocardial infarction?
Does isoproterenol improve clinical and hemodynamic outcomes compared to levarterenol in patients with shock due to acute myocardial infarction?
In patients with shock due to acute myocardial infarction, levarterenol (norepinephrine) is superior to isoproterenol in maintaining adequate arterial perfusion pressure.
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May favor levarterenol for perfusion in AMI shock; hypothesis-generating and should not change practice without RCTs.
R. M. Gunnar (1967) studied this question.
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