THE recent availability of pure L-nor-epinephrine (arterenol, nor-adrenaline) has permitted evaluation of its clinical usefulness as a pressor agent. Preliminary reports 1–7 have suggested beneficial ...

Epinephrine has been included in resuscitation guidelines worldwide since the 1960s. It is believed that epinephrine increases the chance of restoring a person's heartbeat and improves long-term ...

THE pressor effect of a given dose of nor-epinephrine is greater in hypertensive than in normotensive patients. 1,2 A similar increase in the responsiveness to nor-epinephrine has been observed in ...

Little is known regarding systemic and regional hemodynamic effects of norepinephrine (NE) in hypotensive neonates after hypoxia-reoxygenation (H-R). We hypothesized that NE would improve cardiac ...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, alternatively known as stress cardiomyopathy, is an increasingly recognized clinical syndrome characterized by acute reversible apical ventricular dysfunction. To elucidate ...