title: Vasodilators in the management of acute heart failure.
abstract: Recent guidelines by the Heart Failure Society of America have recommended consideration for use of nitroprusside, nitroglycerin, or nesiritide in addition to diuretics to achieve hemodynamic and symptomatic improvement. This article reviews the results of previous studies evaluating the pharmacologic and clinical effects and safety profiles of these drugs in patients with heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Heart Failure Program, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA. elkayam@usc.edu
authors.forename: Uri
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Elkayam
authors.forename: Munir
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janmohamed
authors.forename: Munira
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Habib
authors.forename: Parta
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Hatamizadeh
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000401:mortality / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D007668:Kidney / Q000187:drug effects; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000188:drug therapy; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009566:Nitrates / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009599:Nitroprusside / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain; D009599:Nitroprusside