Anesthesiology · 1972 · 26 citations · 0 references
MedicineCardiologyPhysiologyClinical CardiologyCardiac PhysiologyCardiovascular PhysiologyHeart FailureHemodynamic PharmacologyHemodynamicsInotropic TherapyArterial Carbon Dioxide ContentHemodynamic Effects Of InotropesInotropic RegulationMyocardial InotropyPre-ejection Period
The squared reciprocal of the pre-ejection period (1/PEP2) is an inotropic index which may be measured without catheterization of the left ventricle. Changes in 1/PEP2 in response to changes in arterial carbon dioxide tension have been studied. The character of the Paco2/myocardial inotropy response