Why the study?
Does volume expansion with hydroxyethyl starch reveal differences in cardiac reserve among patients with ischemic heart disease without overt heart failure?
Population
31 patients with ischemic heart disease without overt heart failure, subdivided into 5 groups according to…
Comparison
Volume expansion with 6% hydroxyethyl starch… vs Baseline hemodynamics prior to infusion (control).
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Acute (during infusion)
Authors
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Normal resting hemodynamics may mask impaired cardiac reserve after MI; leaves open whether volume challenge testing refines risk stratification in ischemic heart disease.
Does volume expansion with hydroxyethyl starch reveal differences in cardiac reserve among patients with ischemic heart disease without overt heart failure?
Volume loading unmasks compromised cardiac reserve and right ventricular failure in ischemic heart disease patients who otherwise present with normal resting hemodynamics.
Onoyama et al. (1982) studied this question.
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