Selective cAMP phosphodiesterase (PDE-3) inhibitor with positive inotropic and vasodilatory activity. Prepn: G. Y. Lesher, C. J. Opalka, US 4004012; US 4072746 (1977, 1978 both to Sterling). Clinical hemodynamic assessment: J. R. Benotti et al., N. Engl. J. Med. 21, 1373 (1978). Review of pharmacology and clinical efficacy: A. Ward et al., Drugs 26, 468 (1983); M. B. Bottorff et al., Pharmacotherapy 5, 227-237 (1985). Series of articles on pharmacology, mechanism of action and clinical experience: J. Cardiothorac. Anesth. 6, Suppl. 2, 1-57 (1989).
Cardiotonic.
Cardiotonic