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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
PHASE2
124 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2009-02-28
2012-12-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Normal saline
Normal saline by inhalation over 15 min
Normal saline
5 ml normal saline by inhalation over 15 min
Milrinone
Inhaled milrinone 5 mg(as for the injectable solution)
Milrinone
inhaled milrinone 5 mg (as for the injectable solution)
Interventions
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Milrinone
inhaled milrinone 5 mg (as for the injectable solution)
Normal saline
5 ml normal saline by inhalation over 15 min
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* valve and revascularization) cardiac surgery under CPB with preoperative PHT defined as mean pulmonary artery pressure (MPAP) over 30 mmHg or
* systolic pulmonary artery pressure (SPAP) over 40 mmHg (using preoperative right-sided catheterization or estimated by echocardiography).
Exclusion Criteria
* Patients will be recruited the day before surgery and randomized using computerized cards by the pharmacy department
18 Years
90 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Heart and stoke fondation of Quebec
UNKNOWN
Organon
INDUSTRY
Canadian Anesthesiologists' Society
OTHER
Andre Denault
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Andre Denault
MD FRCPC ABIM-CCM
Principal Investigators
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Denault André, MD FRCPC
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Montreal Heart Institute
Locations
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Montreal Heart Institute
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Countries
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References
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Other Identifiers
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08-1004
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id