A Multicenter, Randomized, Blind Comparison of Amrinone with Milrinone After Elective Cardiac Surgery

Abstract

Amrinone and milrinone are drugs that improve cardiac contraction. Their effects have never been directly compared in patients. We found that amrinone and milrinone produced similar hemodynamic effects in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Choice between the two drugs can be based on nonhemodynamic considerations such as cost.