[Effect of nitroglycerine on cerebral blood flow and central hemodynamics in patients with chronic heart failure]

The study of the cerebral and central hemodynamics by tetrapolar and chest rheography in 53 patients with various stages of chronic heart failure has shown that the intravenous injection of nitroglycerin exerts a marked vasodilating peripheral effect in patients with pronounced cardiac failure while having no significant influence on cardiac output. The cerebral blood flow increases following nitroglycerin injection which permits recommending the drug for use to improve the cerebral hemodynamics in patients with severe forms of cardiac failure.