Pharmacotherapeutics

Nitroglycerin Revisited: Update for the Cath Lab*

07/31/2017

Morton Kern, MD
Clinical Editor; Chief of Medicine,
Long Beach Veterans
Administration Health Care
System, Long Beach, California;
Associate Chief Cardiology,
Professor of Medicine, University of California Irvine, Orange, California
mortonkern2007@gmail.com

Morton Kern, MD Clinical Editor; Chie...

Nitroglycerin produces significant coronary vasodilation, increasing vessel caliber and to a lesser extent, flow responses, and at the same time, reduces afterload (systemic arterial dilation) and preload due to venodilation. Practically...

Nitroglycerin produces...

07/31/2017

Cath Lab Digest