title: Does echocardiography allow the monitoring of the cardiac effects of nitrates?
abstract: Echocardiography is a very useful non-invasive method of cardiac diagnosis. It has been widely used in evaluating the effects of some drugs, such as nitrates, prazosin, and propranolol, on heart and seems very successful. In this paper, the echocardiographic studies of the effects of nitrates on left ventricular dimension and volume have been reviewed and an attempt has been made to answer whether or not echocardiography can allow to monitor the effects of nitrates in patient groups and further in individual patients.
mesh_terms: D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000187:drug effects; D004452:Echocardiography; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D009566:Nitrates / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D014665:Vasodilator Agents