Open AccessNoradrenaline Use in the Human Donor and Relationship with Load-Independent Right Ventricular Contractility
Author(s) -
Șerban Stoica,
Duwarakan Satchithananda,
Paul A. White,
Jayan Parameshwar,
Andrew N. Redington,
Stephen Large
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
transplantation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.45
H-Index - 204
eISSN - 1534-6080
pISSN - 0041-1337
DOI - 10.1097/01.tp.0000137792.74940.4f
Subject(s) - contractility , medicine , ventricle , cardiology , subclinical infection , heart failure
Experimental and clinical studies suggest that brain death (BD)-associated cardiac dysfunction is related to the neurohormonal storm and subsequent exposure to intravenous catecholamines. We aimed to describe the relationship between empirical noradrenaline treatment and donor heart function, described for the first time with load-independent indices of right ventricular contractility.