Effect of intravenous pimobendan (UDCG 115 BS) on hemodynamics and left ventricular volumes in idiopathic dilative cardiomyopathy.

Acute cardiovascular effects of intravenous pimobendan were studied by right and left heart catheterizations in patients suffering from idiopathic dilative cardiomyopathy (left ventricular volumes. Right atrial pressure, pulmonary capillary wedge pressure, cardiac output, heart rate, and systemic blood pressure)