AORTIC STENOSIS • DICTIONARY ONE.COM • Definition of Aortic stenosis

... then the drug relied on, with such other general medication as is needed, combined with the coincident administration of nitroglycerin, which may also be given in conjunction with digitalis, if deemed advisable. Generally, however, if a heart with aortic stenosis needs stimulation, the blood pressure is generally none too high, although there may be arteriosclerosis present. Therefore when nitroglycerin is indicated to lower blood pressure, digitalis is not usually indicated; when digitalis is indicated to aid the heart, nitroglycerin is generally ...

— DISTURBANCES OF THE HEART • OLIVER T. OSBORNE, A.M., M.D.