Original paper
Milrinone Relaxes Pulmonary Veins in Guinea Pigs and Humans
Abstract
Introduction The phosphodiesterase-III inhibitor milrinone improves ventricular contractility, relaxes pulmonary arteries and reduces right ventricular afterload. Thus, it is used to treat heart failure and pulmonary hypertension (PH). However, its action on pulmonary veins (PVs) is not defined, although particularly PH due to left heart disease primarily affects the pulmonary venous bed. We examined milrinone-induced relaxation in PVs from...
Paper Details
Title
Milrinone Relaxes Pulmonary Veins in Guinea Pigs and Humans
Published Date
Jan 31, 2014
Journal
Volume
9
Issue
1
Pages
e87685 - e87685