Table 1. Patient Characteristics, Anesthesia and Surgery Times, and Balance
Data are expressed as mean ± SD. Comparisons among the three groups were carried out using analysis of variance or chi-square test.Control = a group of patients who did not receive amrinone; AMR 15 = group of patients who received 15 μg · kg−1· min−1amrinone with a 1.0-mg/kg loading dose of amrinone; ReAMR = group of patients who received 5 μg · kg−1· min−1amrinone with a 1.0-mg/kg loading dose of amrinone twice, at the start of cooling and rewarming.