Further evidence suggesting a limited role of digitalis in infants with circulatory congestion secondary to large ventricular septal defect.
In infants with a large ventricular septal defect, the acute hemodynamic effect of intravenous digitalis varies depending on baseline systemic and pulmonary resistance. Digitalis may act adversely by increasing pulmonary blood flow with an elevation in left atrial pressure in severely congested infants with ventricular septal defects.
Seguchi
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Department of Pediatric Cardiology, The Heart Institute of Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical College.
Nakazawa
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M
Momma
K
K
D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006345:Heart Septal Defects, Ventricular / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects
D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D004071:Digitalis Glycosides