Dopamine infusion for the treatment of myocardial dysfunction associated with a persistent transitional circulation.
Four infants with myocardial dysfunction associated with a persistent transitional circulation were given dopamine infusions in addition to standard treatment. The condition of each improved strikingly with rapid diminution in heart size as judged by chest x-ray. Dopamine has a place in the management of the sick infant with a persistent transitional circulation.
D004298:Dopamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010547:Persistent Fetal Circulation Syndrome / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology
D004298:Dopamine