Does pre-milrinone ventriculo-arterial coupling (VAC) >1.12 predict an increase in cardiac index following milrinone infusion in infants with congenital heart disease after surgery?
Pre-milrinone ventriculo-arterial coupling >1.12 is a useful predictor for cardiac index improvement after milrinone infusion in post-surgical congenital heart disease infants.
In infants with congenital heart disease after surgery, a pre-milrinone VAC >1.12 can predict the increase in the CI following milrinone infusion.
Li et al. (Tue,) studied this question.