Figures & data
Figure 1. Efficacy of sodium nitroprusside according to different cardiac phenotypes and its effects on pressure-volume loops. In the upper panels the gray loop depicts basal conditions, and the black loop represents the alterations induced by sodium nitroprusside. In the lower part of the figure the gray curve indicates left ventricular end-diastolic diameter, and the black curve represents left ventricular ejection fraction.Adv: advanced; ea: arterial elastance; HFpEF: heart failure with preserved ejection fraction; HFrEF: heart failure with reduced ejection fraction; LV: left ventricular; LVEDD: left ventricular end-diastolic diameter; LVEF: left ventricular ejection fraction; MR: mitral regurgitation; P: pressure; SNP: sodium nitroprusside; SV: stroke volume; VA: ventriculo-arterial.
