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A single dose of milrinone facilitates separation from cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with pre-existing left ventricular dysfunction

1998; Elsevier BV; Volume: 81; Issue: 5 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1093/bja/81.5.782

1471-6771

Emilio B. Lobato, Orlando G. Florete, Helen Bingham,

Cardiac Ischemia and Reperfusion

Milrinone is used during cardiac surgery to facilitate separation from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and/or to treat myocardial dysfunction in the post-bypass period. We have demonstrated, in patients with preoperative depression of systolic function undergoing aorto-coronary artery bypass surgery, sustained improvement in cardiac function after a single loading dose of milrinone 50 micrograms kg-1, administered at the end of bypass, thus significantly decreasing the need for beta-agonist therapy.