Are inotropic agents contraindicated in congestive heart failure?

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Summary

The myocardium in the patient with congestive heart failure is abnormal and probably unable to generate sufficient chemical energy to meet the heart's mechanical needs, so inotropic stimulation, by increasing energy utilization, could accelerate the progressive death of myocardial cells that characterizes end-stage heart failure.

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review
Published
2004-01-01
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Keywords

Inotrope, Heart failure, Medicine, Cardiology, Internal medicine

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