title: [Isoproterenol in the emergency treatment of cardiac stimulus conduction].
abstract: Continuous infusion with isoproterenol (mean dose 2 mug/min) was carried out for periods of a few hours to a few days in 22 patients recurrent Adams-Stokes syncope. In all cases, an improvement leading to or in the direction of physiological cardio-circulatory conditions was noted. Undesired side-effects foreseeable as the result of beta-adrenergic stimulation were not observed. Isoproterenol is more active than metaproterenol and is to be preferred on this account. It is indicated in Adams-Stokes crises due to conduction disturbances when pacemakers cannot or should not be fitted, or as a prelude to their application.
mesh_terms: D000219:Adams-Stokes Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006327:Heart Block / Q000188:drug therapy*; D006801:Humans; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D009921:Metaproterenol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D010138:Pacemaker, Artificial
chemical_list: D009921:Metaproterenol; D007545:Isoproterenol
vernacular_title: L'isoproterenolo nel trattamento di emergenza delle turbe della conduzione dello stimolo cardiaco