December 17, 1998New England Journal of Medicine
Inotropic Therapy for Heart Failure
Key result
Long-term outpatient infusions of dobutamine and oral sympathomimetic amines for heart failure were historically associated with excess mortality.
Population
Patients with heart failure
Design
Editorial
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Implication
This editorial provides a historical perspective on the shift away from long-term inotropic therapy in heart failure due to associated excess mortality.
Structured PICO
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Population
Patients with heart failure
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Intervention
Inotropic therapy (including vesnarinone, intravenous dopamine, dobutamine, and oral sympathomimetic amines)
This editorial provides a historical perspective on the shift away from long-term inotropic therapy in heart failure due to associated excess mortality.
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Lynne W. Stevenson (1998) conducted an editorial in Heart failure. Inotropic therapy was evaluated. Long-term outpatient infusions of dobutamine and oral sympathomimetic amines for heart failure were historically associated with excess mortality.