Why the study?
Does intravenous sodium nitroprusside improve hemodynamics in a patient with severe mitral regurgitation?
Population
1 patient critically ill with severe mitral insufficiency caused by leakage around a prosthetic mitral valve
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May support nitroprusside for acute stabilization in severe prosthetic MR; leaves open need for controlled trials.
Does intravenous sodium nitroprusside improve hemodynamics in a patient with severe mitral regurgitation?
Intravenous sodium nitroprusside improved forward cardiac output and reduced regurgitant volume in a patient with severe prosthetic mitral regurgitation by decreasing impedance to forward left ventricular output.
W. Grossman (1974) studied this question.
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