{"title":"Hemodynamic effects of an intravenous injection of mexiletine in patients hospitalised in intensive care units.","authors":"L Henrard, J Carlier","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hemodynamic effects of mexiletine were studied in 15 patients with normal sinus rhythm; most of them had a myocardial infarction. Except for a slight increase in peripheral vascular resistance, no other significant change in hemodynamic parameters was found after an intravenous injection of 1.5 mg/kg of mexiletine at 25 mg/min.</p>","PeriodicalId":75374,"journal":{"name":"Acta cardiologica. Supplementum","volume":" 25","pages":"101-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1980-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Acta cardiologica. Supplementum","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Hemodynamic effects of mexiletine were studied in 15 patients with normal sinus rhythm; most of them had a myocardial infarction. Except for a slight increase in peripheral vascular resistance, no other significant change in hemodynamic parameters was found after an intravenous injection of 1.5 mg/kg of mexiletine at 25 mg/min.