This Article Services PubMed Anesth Analg 2005;101:2-8 © 2005 doi: 10.1213/01.ANE.0000155262.37491.6A CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA Hemodynamic Changes During Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Anastomosis in Patients with Coexisting Mitral Regurgitation: Improvement with Milrinone Takeshi Omae, MD *, Yasuyuki Kakihana, MD *, Akira Mastunaga, MD *, Isao Tsuneyoshi, MD *, Kouichi Kawasaki, MD *, Yuichi Kanmura, MD *, and Ryuzo Sakata, MD *Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and Second Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Kagoshima University, Japan We hypothesized that mitral regurgitation (MR) would be exacerbated, cardiac index (CI) decreased, and mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP) increased in patients with coexisting MR during off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) anastomosis, and that milrinone could ameliorat

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