A recent review concluded that acute heart failure (HF) induced by rapid atrial fibrillation (rapid AF) presents a critical ...

Abstract: Sepsis is a major cause of ICU mortality, where early recognition and effective interventions are essential for improving patient outcomes. However, the vasoactive-inotropic score (VIS) ...

Reduced heart function is a potentially fatal complication after heart surgery. A possible approach to prevent this complication is treatment with drugs that stimulate the contraction of the heart (so ...

We reviewed existing evidence on the treatment with different agents, which act by either increasing the ability of the heart to contract (inotropic drugs) or by expansion of the blood vessels ...

Because glucagon in animals has positive inotropic and chronotropic effects in the presence of beta-adrenergic blockade, catecholamine depletion or full digitalization, its cardiovascular effects in ...

1. Department of Internal Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA 2. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Ohio, USA 3. Lerner College of Medicine, Cleveland ...

Abstract: Inotropes are critical care medications essential for maintaining normal blood pressure (BP) in hospitalized patients. Titrating infusion rates of inotropes such as noradrenaline, ...

Heart pump medication, also called inotropic therapy, makes an injured or weakened heart pump harder. It's used to make the heart muscle's contractions stronger. It may also speed the heart's rhythm.

This study was retrospective, observational study. Patients who were admitted to the cardiac intensive care unit from January 2012 to December 2015 were screened, and 493 CS patients were finally ...