Publications by authors named "Steven Maurides"
Article Synopsis
- This study examined outcomes in advanced heart failure patients on palliative treatments with milrinone or dobutamine, focusing on patients who aren't candidates for major heart procedures.
- A total of 248 patients were analyzed, revealing a 1-year mortality rate of 70%, with the dobutamine group experiencing significantly higher mortality (84% vs. 58%).
- The findings suggest that while both treatments are associated with high mortality, milrinone may lead to better survival rates, likely due to improved adherence to recommended medical therapies like beta-blockers.
Background: The physiologic factors leading to pulmonary arterial wedge pressure respiratory variation (PAWP) are underexplored. We hypothesized that PAWP is associated with baseline PAWP and would predict response to sodium nitroprusside (SNP).
Methods And Results: We performed a retrospective study of right heart catheterization studies in 51 subjects with SNP challenge at our institution from 2012 to 2019.