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inamrinone

 [in-am´rĭ-nōn]
a vasodilator and positive inotropic agent used as the lactate salt for short-term management of congestive heart failure.
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amrinone

Inocor® Cardiology An agent which improves cardiac output by vasodilatory and positive inotropic activity Adverse effects Dose-related thrombocytopenia
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Amrinone versus dobutamine in cardiac surgical patients with severe pulmonary hypertension after cardiopulmonary bypass: a prospective, randomized double-blinded trial.
A multicenter, randomised, blind comparision of amrinone with milrinone after elective cardiac surgery.
Anaesthesia and right ventricular failure
Combined inotropic effects of amrinone and epinephrine after cardiopulmonary bypass in humans.
Inoprotection: the perioperative role of levosimendan
A related phosphodiesterase inhibitor, amrinone (6) increased free flap blood flow in a small group of patients when administered intravenously and decreased vasospasm when applied topically.
It has been shown that amrinone, a related PDE-III inhibitor, experimentally improves perfusion in free flaps (9), presumably by a combination of vasodilation and improved cardiac output.
Milrinone does not improve free flap survival in microvascular surgery
The inotropic effects of amrinone and milrinone on neonatal and young canine cardiac muscle.
The cardiovascular effects of adrenaline, dobutamine and milrinone in rabbits using pressure-volume loops and guinea pig isolated atrial tissue
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