Human atrial noradrenaline content, hypothermic ischaemic arrest and parameters of left ventricular function
Merikallio, E.
Annals of Clinical Research 10(5): 252-257
1978
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-4762 PMID: 736505 Document Number: 135078
The noradrenaline (NA) ). Left heart catheterization was performed preoperatively in 11 patients with aortic valve disease, and certain left ventricular cardiocirculatory variables of contractility and failure were recorded. No statistically significant correlation was found between the right atrial myocardial NA content and the left ventricular contractile state. Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure presented a significant positive correlation with the NA content of right atrial myocardium (r = 0.65, P < 0.02, n = 11). Problems encountered in weaning the heart off perfusion after aortic surgery can not be explained in terms of altered myocardial NA stores.