• Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth · Dec 2006

    Review

    Inhaled milrinone: a new alternative in cardiac surgery?

    • André Y Denault, Yoan Lamarche, Pierre Couture, Francois Haddad, Jean Lambert, Jean-Claude Tardif, and Louis P Perrault.
    • Department of Cardiac Anesthesiology, Montreal Heart Institute, Université de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. denault@videotron.ca
    • Semin Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2006 Dec 1; 10 (4): 346-60.

    AbstractThe administration of milrinone through inhalation has been studied in only a few animal and human studies. Compared to the intravenous administration, inhaled milrinone has been shown to reduce pulmonary artery pressure without systemic hypotension. Therefore, this approach could represent an alternative to nitric oxide. This current state of knowledge of intravenous and inhaled milrinone is presented and summarized.

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