Hemodynamic Effects of Propofol

Affiliations

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
² Cardiology Division, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Electronic address: elliotta@umn.edu.

Editorial

Boyangzi Li et al. JACC Adv. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;4(8):101769.

doi: 10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101769. Epub 2025 May 28.

¹ Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
² Cardiology Division, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
³ Department of Pharmacy, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
⁴ St Michael's Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
⁵ Cardiovascular Division, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. Electronic address: elliotta@umn.edu.

No abstract available

Keywords: cardiac intensive care; critical care cardiology; sedation.

Conflict of interest statement

Funding support and author disclosures The authors have reported that they have no relationships relevant to the contents of this paper to disclose.

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