Why the study?
Does intravenous ouabain improve left ventricular performance in patients with a recent acute myocardial infarction?
Population
16 patients with a recent acute myocardial infarction
Comparison
Intravenous ouabain vs Baseline values (before ouabain administration)
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
1 hour
Authors
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May improve LV performance post-MI in select cases; hypothesis-generating and leaves open need for trials.
Does intravenous ouabain improve left ventricular performance in patients with a recent acute myocardial infarction?
Intravenous ouabain improves hemodynamic indexes of left ventricular performance without altering cardiac output in patients with recent acute myocardial infarction.
Rahimtoola et al. (1972) studied this question.
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