Side effects of amrinone therapy.
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Side effects of amrinone therapy.
We gave intravenous amrinone to 40 patients in heart failure, and oral amrinone to 18 patients. Acute intravenous administration caused a significant reduction in mean blood pressure and this was severe enough to require correction by plasma infusion in five patients. Oral amrinone was accompanied by thrombocytopenia in 10 patients but no complications were associated with the low platelet coun...
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عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 1983
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.50.5.499