Intensive Care Medicine Experimental

Table 1 Effects of vasopressors and inotropes on elastances and ventriculo-arterial coupling

From: Pathophysiological implications of ventriculoarterial coupling in septic shock

	Ees	Ea	VAC (Ea/Ees)
Norepinephrine	= /↑	↑	= /↑
Epinephrine	↑	↑/↓	= /↓
Vasopressin	=	↑	↑
Angiotensin II	=	↑	↑
Dobutamine	↑	↓	↓
Milrinone	↑	↓	↓
Levosimendan	↑	↓	↓

Ees ventricular elastance, Ea arterial elastance, VAC ventriculo-arterial coupling
^*Depending on the given dose, different alpha and beta receptors are stimulated

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