PLASMA-CATECHOLAMINES IN PATIENTS WITH ACUTE MYOCARDIAL-INFARCTION AND IN CARDIAC-ARREST
- 1 January 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 54 (214) , 133-140
Abstract
Plasma catecholamine concentrations in cardiac arrest (ventricular fibrillation and asystole) were significantly higher than after myocardial infarction. The levels reached were well above those normally required to stimulate cardiac activity. Possible reasons for the failure of the myocardium to respond to the catecholamines are discussed and the rationale for giving more catecholamines is questioned.This publication has 11 references indexed in Scilit:
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