April 8, 2008 (Chicago, IL) - Given the short list of effective and bone fide safe intravenous drugs available for acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), it's welcome news that the inotrope ...

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.

Which vasopressors should be given through a central line? Can certain vasopressors be given through a peripheral intravenous (IV) line? Inotropes used intravenously for the treatment of hypotension ...

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 ...