to determine whether oral milrinone therapy has an effect on complex ventricular arrhythmias in patients with severe congestive heart failure and , if so , whether a change in the severity of complex ventricular arrhythmias after 1 week of milrinone therapy is associated with a change in the mode or frequency of cardiac mortality , a retrospective analysis was performed to determine the frequency of ventricular tachycardia and the density of ventricular couplets on 24-hour ambulatory electrocardiographic recordings performed before and 1 week after initiation of oral milrinone therapy in 74 consecutive patients with new york heart association functional class iii or iv congestive heart failure .
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milrinone
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congestive heart failure