Reassessing the role of milrinone in the treatment of heart failure and pulmonary hypertension in neonates and children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Felipe Yu MatsushitaVera Lúcia Jornada KrebsCarolina Vieira de CamposPaula Vieira de Vincenzi GaiollaWerther Brunow de Carvalho

Published in: European journal of pediatrics (2023)

• Milrinone may not have a significant inotropic effect. • Milrinone's pulmonary vasodilatory effect is less robust than its systemic vasodilatory effect.

Keyphrases

pulmonary hypertension
heart failure
young adults
pulmonary arterial hypertension
coronary artery
combination therapy
acute heart failure