Why the study?
Does salbutamol infusion improve systolic and diastolic cardiac function in patients with severe congestive cardiomyopathy?
Population
12 patients with severe congestive cardiomyopathy
Comparison
Salbutamol infusion at a dose of 0.5 µg/min/kg vs Baseline (pre-infusion measurements)
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
Acute (during infusion)
Authors
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May support acute use in decompensated cardiomyopathy; leaves open need for randomized confirmation before practice change.
Does salbutamol infusion improve systolic and diastolic cardiac function in patients with severe congestive cardiomyopathy?
Salbutamol infusion acutely improves both systolic and diastolic left ventricular function in patients with severe congestive cardiomyopathy.
Sharma et al. (1978) studied this question.
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