title: [Response of the cardiovascular system in elderly patients to intravenous infusion of isoproterenol and adrenaline].
abstract: The effect of gradually increasing doses of catecholamines on the heart rate, arterial pressure and the left heart ventricle systolic time intervals has been studied in the group of 30 aged subjects (70 to 95 years old) and the control group aged 23 to 30 years. The initial resting QS2I, LVETI, PEPI, heart rate and diastolic pressure were similar in both groups studied whereas the chronotropic and inotropic response as well as the vasodilatation were weaker in the aged. The disturbed mechanisms of adaptation in the aged could be caused by limited response of the circulatory system to adrenalin secreted during the stress states.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Geriatrii Akademii Medycznej, Krakowie.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Potocka-Płazak
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging / Q000502:physiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007545:Isoproterenol / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D007545:Isoproterenol; D004837:Epinephrine
vernacular_title: Odpowiedź układu sercowo-naczyniowego osób w wieku podeszłym na dozylna infuzje izoproterenolu i adrenaliny.