Open AccessPreliminary experience with inhaled milrinone in cardiac surgery☆
Author(s) -
Yoan Lamarche,
Louis P. Perrault,
S. Maltais,
Karine Tétreault,
Jo Lambert,
André Denault
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.02.019
Subject(s) - milrinone , medicine , cardiac surgery , anesthesia , cardiology , hemodynamics
Inhaled administration of milrinone reduces pulmonary artery pressure. Pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right heart failure are associated with difficult separation from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Therefore, inhaled milrinone could facilitate separation from CPB.
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