title: Role of inotropic agents in the treatment of heart failure.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA. jgoldhaber@mednet.ucla.edu
authors.forename: Joshua I
authors.initials: JI
authors.lastname: Goldhaber
authors.forename: Michele A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Hamilton
mesh_terms: D000200:Action Potentials; D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000368:Aged; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003404:Creatinine / Q000097:blood; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006339:Heart Rate; D016027:Heart Transplantation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000601:surgery; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D009846:Oliguria / Q000209:etiology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D013318:Stroke Volume
chemical_list: D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D002316:Cardiotonic Agents; D003404:Creatinine
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