Key result
Dopamine, dobutamine, and epinephrine effectively increased mean cardiac index post-bypass, with dopamine producing the largest increases (up to 64%).
Why the study?
Do dopamine, dobutamine, and epinephrine improve hemodynamic parameters during emergence from cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with left ventricular dysfunction?
Population
34 patients with preoperative evidence of left ventricular dysfunction immediately following cessation of…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
Immediately following cessation of cardiopulmonary bypass
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Dopamine may augment cardiac index most post-CPB in LV dysfunction; leaves open optimal inotrope selection in randomized trials.
Do dopamine, dobutamine, and epinephrine improve hemodynamic parameters during emergence from cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with left ventricular dysfunction?
Dopamine, dobutamine, and epinephrine are all effective inotropic agents for improving cardiac index immediately post-cardiopulmonary bypass in patients with LV dysfunction, with dopamine producing the largest increases.
Steen et al. (1978) studied Left ventricular dysfunction (n=34). Dopamine, dobutamine, and epinephrine was evaluated on Mean cardiac index. Dopamine, dobutamine, and epinephrine effectively increased mean cardiac index post-bypass, with dopamine producing the largest increases (up to 64%).
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