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glyceryl trinitrate

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Noun1.glyceryl trinitrate - a heavy yellow poisonous oily explosive liquid obtained by nitrating glycerol; used in making explosives and medically as a vasodilator (trade names Nitrospan and Nitrostat)
nitroglycerin, nitroglycerine, Nitrospan, Nitrostat, trinitroglycerin
blasting gelatin - mixture of guncotton with nitroglycerin
cordite - explosive powder (nitroglycerin and guncotton and petrolatum) dissolved in acetone and dried and extruded in brown cords
dynamite - an explosive containing nitrate sensitized with nitroglycerin absorbed on wood pulp
Nitrospan, Nitrostat - trade names for nitroglycerin used as a coronary vasodilator in the treatment of angina pectoris
vasodilative, vasodilator - a drug that causes dilation of blood vessels
nitrate - any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)


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An angina diary was kept for a week, recording episodes of angina (including length and severity) and number of treatments with glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) required.
Nurse-led cardiac clinics for adults with Coronary Heart Disease by Australian Nursing Journal
GISSI-3, entitled "Effects of lisinopril and transdermal glyceryl trinitrate singly and together on six-week mortality and vertricular function after acute myocardial infarction" and published in The Lancet on May 7, 1994, is the first trial to evaluate the short-term effects of administering lisinopril within the first 24 hours after a heart attack.
FDA clears Merck's Prinivil to save lives when initiated in patients ... by Business Wire
Intravenous glyceryl trinitrate (GTN) at less than 100mcg/min or as negotiated by nursing/medical staff;
Recent advances in the management of cardiothoracic patients by Garner, Kirsten / Australian Nursing Journal
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