Objectives: Cardiac surgery, including coronary artery bypass, cardiac valve, and aortic
procedures, is among the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States …

Background Inotropes and vasopressors are frequently administered to critically ill patients
in order to improve haemodynamic function and restore adequate organ perfusion …

Background Inodilators are commonly used in critically ill patients, but their effect on survival
has not been properly studied to date. The objective of this work was to conduct a network …

A sizable number of cardiac surgical patients are difficult to wean off cardiopulmonary
bypass (CPB) as a result of structural or functional cardiac abnormalities, vasoplegic …

Introduction Milrinone is an inotrope widely used for treatment of cardiac failure. Because
previous meta-analyses had methodological flaws, we decided to conduct a systematic …

OBJECTIVE: The long-term use of milrinone is associated with increased mortality in chronic
heart failure. A recent meta-analysis suggested that it might increase mortality in patients …

Background As an inodilator, milrinone is commonly used for patients who undergo
coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery because of its effectiveness in decreasing the …

Several kinds of inotropes have been used in critically ill patients to improve hemodynamics
and renal dysfunction after cardiac surgery; however, the treatment strategies for reducing …

OBJECTIVE: The authors conducted a review of randomized studies to show whether there
are any increases or decreases in survival when using milrinone in patients undergoing …

Objective To summarize the evidence on the hemodynamic, echocardiographic, and clinical
effects of inhaled and intravenous milrinone (iMil and IvMil) in adult cardiac surgery patients …