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Local intra-renal fenoldopam infusion causes greater increases in renal artery flow velocity than systemic intravenous fenoldopam infusion: a pilot study

EuroIntervention 2005;1:305-308 - DOI10.4244/EIJV1I3A50.

Eberhard Grube1*, MD; Donald Baim2, MD; Daniel Burkhoff3, MD; Ralf Mueller1, MD; Lutz Buellesfeld1, MD; Paul Teirstein4#, MD

1. Heart Center Siegburg, Germany; 2. Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; 3. Columbia Presbyterian, New York; NY, USA; 4. Scripps Clinic, La Jolla, CA, USA

Aim: Typical intravenous fenoldopam doses result in only minimal increases in renal blood flow and glomerular filtration, while higher doses are associated with systemic hypotension. We hypothesized that local in

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