Schreuder W O, Schneider A J, Groeneveld A B, Thijs L G
Department of Internal Medicine, Free University Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Intensive Care Med. 1988;14 Suppl 2:492-5. doi: 10.1007/BF00256968.
Catecholamines play an important role in the treatment of septic shock. Not much is known about their effects on right ventricular function. In this paper the available data on the effects of different catecholamines on right ventricular dysfunction complicating septic shock are reviewed.