Echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular function after intravenous administration of salbutamol
Varricchio, M.; Cacciapuoti, F.; Giunta, R.; Grassia, A.; D'Angelo, G.; Grandillo, F.
Archivio Per le Scienze Mediche 137(3): 449-453
1980
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-0312 PMID: 7235933 Document Number: 158045
Changes in the main parameters of left ventricular function by comparison with the baselines were examined echocardiography in 11 patients after a single i.v. dose of salbutamol. The results suggest that salbutamol certainly has peripheral vascular effects leading to changes in ventricular volumes. The drug also appears to exert a positive intropic action, as shown by the changes it induced in EF and, more particularly VCF values.