inamrinone


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in·am·ri·none

(ĭn-ăm′rĭ-nōn′)
n.
A drug, C10H9N3O, that acts as a vasodilator and stimulates cardiac muscle. It is used in its lactate form to treat intractable congestive heart failure.
[in(otropic) + am(ino) + (py)ri(di)n(e) + -one.]
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