Nihon Naika Gakkai Zasshi
August 1986
Nihon Ronen Igakkai Zasshi
November 1982
As the efficacy of oral long-acting sympathomimetic drugs is not yet well established, we investigated the hemodynamic effects of orally administered salbutamol in eight heart failure patients. Cardiac index, heart rate, blood pressure, and left ventricular filling pressure were monitored for 6 hours after a single oral administration of 4 to 8 mg salbutamol and placebo. In patients who had received salbutamol, a 40% increase in the cardiac index (+0.
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