Why the study?
Do positive inotropic drugs improve long-term survival in patients with chronic heart failure?
Population
Patients with chronic heart failure (CHF)
Design
Review
Authors
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May support restricting positive inotropes (except digitalis) to acute HF decompensation; leaves open targeted long-term trials.
Do positive inotropic drugs improve long-term survival in patients with chronic heart failure?
Positive inotropic drugs generally have deleterious effects on long-term survival in chronic heart failure, and their use should be limited to short-term management of acute decompensation.
Swynghedauw et al. (2002) studied this question.
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