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Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Vol. 10, No. 3, 246-252 (2006)
DOI: 10.1177/1089253206291318

An Overview of Inotropic Agents

Margreeth B. Vroom, MD, PhD

Department of Intensive Care, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

The use of inotropic agents has been surrounded by many controversies. Recent guidelines for the treatment of patients with chronic and acute heart failure have elucidated some of the issues, but many remain. As a result, a substantial variability in the use of agents between institutions and caregivers remains, which mainly results from the lack of uniform data in the literature. Prospective randomized trials with a long-term follow-up and sufficient power are clearly needed, and a number of trials are currently in progress.

Key Words: inotropic agents • heart failure • critical care


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