Cardiac pressor agents typically reduce the amount of blood pumped with each heartbeat. Cardiovascular hemodynamic principles can show whether such a response is physiologic or maladaptive. You have ...

What are the clinical benefits of angiotensin receptor/neprilysin inhibitors compared with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers in the setting of heart failure ...

Dynamic auscultation refers to using maneuvers to alter hemodynamic parameters during cardiac auscultation in order to diagnose the etiology of a heart sound or murmur. The Valsalva maneuver is ...