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INOTROPE [1 record]

Record 1 2023-05-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Muscles and Tendons
  • The Heart
DEF

An agent which increases or decreases the force or energy of muscular contractions.

CONT

Inotropes are frequently used to maintain adequate blood pressure in critically ill patients. Inotropes ... alter stretch of cardiac and arteriole muscle fibres.

PHR

negative inotrope, positive inotrope

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Muscles et tendons
  • Cœur
DEF

Agent affectant la puissance de la contraction musculaire, en particulier un médicament qui affecte la puissance de la contraction cardiaque.

PHR

inotrope négatif, inotrope positif

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Músculos y tendones
  • Corazón
DEF

Fármaco [o sustancia] que aumenta la contractilidad [muscular, específicamente la cardíaca], sin aumentar el consumo de oxígeno miocárdico y la incidencia de arritmias.

PHR

Inótropo negativo, positivo.

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