Why the study?
Does intravenous nicardipine, alone or combined with propranolol, alter hemodynamic and cardiac parameters in patients with coronary artery disease?
Population
19 patients with coronary artery disease
Comparison
Nicardipine vs Baseline measurements prior to nicardipine…
Design
Other
Authors
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Nicardipine may improve hemodynamics in CAD without beta-blockade; hypothesis-generating, should not yet change practice.
Does intravenous nicardipine, alone or combined with propranolol, alter hemodynamic and cardiac parameters in patients with coronary artery disease?
Intravenous nicardipine improves cardiac output and ejection fraction while reducing systemic vascular resistance and mean aortic pressure in patients with coronary artery disease, both alone and after beta-blockade.
Rousseau et al. (1984) studied this question.
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