Chronic heart failure (CHF) is associated with frequent ... because of their negative inotropic effects. Although dihydropyridine calcium blockers and hydralazine are direct arterial dilators ...

Failure to improve suggests an underlying precipitant ... time in conjunction with a noncompliant ventricle. Negative inotropic effects of β-blockers or nondihydropyridine calcium channel ...

Despite the improvements in signs and symptoms that occur during hospitalization for heart failure in response to available therapies, including diuretics, vasodilators, and inotropes ...

Researchers from the Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine identified an enzyme, alpha-kinase 2 (ALPK2) that is ...

Recent research paper published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia focuses on the association between accurate diagnosis ...

Long-term milrinone therapy is common in patients with advanced heart failure awaiting transplant, although there is evidence that long-term administration of inotropic therapy increases mortality ...

Heart failure causes pulmonary edema and shortness ... function is so severely reduced that hypotension and shock occur, inotropes such as dobutamine or milrinone are very helpful.