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Hemodynamic Effect of Dobutamine in Patients with Severe Heart Failure
NASIM AKHTAR, MD ESTEBAN MIKULIC, MD JAY N. COHN, MD, FACC M. HAFEEZ CHAUDHRY, MD Washington, DC. Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dobutamine, a derivative of dopamine, was infused at a rate of 10 pg/kg per min in 15 patients with severe congestive heart failure. Cardiac output increased from an average of 3.1 to 5.6 liters/min (P
Hemodynamic Effect of Dobutamine in Patients with Severe Heart Failure
NASIM AKHTAR, MD ESTEBAN MIKULIC, MD JAY N. COHN, MD, FACC M. HAFEEZ CHAUDHRY, MD Washington, DC. Minneapolis, Minnesota
Dobutamine, a derivative of dopamine, was infused at a rate of 10 pg/kg per min in 15 patients with severe congestive heart failure. Cardiac output increased from an average of 3.1 to 5.6 liters/min (P
