Cardiothoracic AnesthesiaInhaled Milrinone for Pulmonary Hypertension in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery Silver Bullet or Just Part of a Broader Management Strategy?Bednarczyk, J.; Strumpher, J.; Jacobsohn, E. Author Information Section of Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Health Sciences Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Survey of Anesthesiology 61(1):p 3-4, February 2017. | DOI: 10.1097/01.sa.0000513506.88972.25 Buy Metrics Abstract (Abstracted from Can J Anaesth, 63(10):1122–1127, 2016) The most common and potentially devastating conditions in patients undergoing cardiac surgery are pulmonary hypertension (PH) and right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. Development of perioperative RV failure is related to PH and has greater than 30% mortality. Copyright © 2017 Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. All rights reserved.
