title: Intravenous milrinone infusion improves congestive heart failure caused by diastolic dysfunction: a brief case series.
abstract: Although there have been significant advances in the medical treatment of heart failure patients with impaired systolic function, very little is known about the diagnosis and treatment of diastolic dysfunction. We report the cases of 3 patients in New York Heart Association functional class IV who had echocardiographically documented diastolic dysfunction as the main cause of heart failure. All 3 patients received medical therapy with long-term milrinone infusion.
authors.affiliation: The Division of Cardiology at The University of Texas Health Sciences Center, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
authors.forename: Carlos A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Albrecht
authors.forename: Gregory M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Giesler
authors.forename: Biswajit
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kar
authors.forename: Ramesh
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hariharan
authors.forename: Reynolds M
authors.initials: RM
authors.lastname: Delgado
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003971:Diastole / Q000502:physiology*; D004452:Echocardiography; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D020105:Milrinone / Q000008:administration & dosage* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications*
chemical_list: D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D020105:Milrinone