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amrinone

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amrinone /am·ri·none/ (am´rĭ-nōn) inamrinone.
amrinone
a synthetic phosphodiesterase inhibitor compound, used to provide inotropic support to the failing myocardium.

amrinone
Inocor® Cardiology An agent which improves cardiac output by vasodilatory and positive inotropic activity Adverse effects Dose-related thrombocytopenia


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[73] Phosphodiesterase inhibitors such as amrinone (Inocor) and milrinone (Primacor) have been developed over the last 10 years.
Amrinone ultimately became the marketed drug Inocor, which is currently used to treat congestive heart failure.
Vasodilators such as nifedipine, hydralazine, and amrinone have been administered to patients with ILD, as well as to others with pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale, with varying degrees of success.
 
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