BANNOCKBURN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Advanced heart failure patients who receive home infusion of inotropic therapy benefit from improved quality of life, according to Option Care research presented at ...

BANNOCKBURN, Ill.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Survival may improve when advanced heart failure patients receiving home infusion of inotropic therapy are also receiving guideline-directed care, suggest results ...

Toronto, ON - An investigational oral inotropic agent, a selective inhibitor of phosphodiesterase-3 (PDE-3), took a small, uncertain step forward when a randomized, placebo-controlled trial showed it ...

Reduction in the frequency of hospitalizations, by delaying additional episodes of acute decompensated heart failure; and Weaning patients with severe heart failure who are currently dependent on ...

Inotropic therapy remains a cornerstone in the management of heart failure, targeting the fundamental deficit of impaired myocardial contractility. Traditional positive inotropes act by increasing ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . MORRISTOWN, N.J. — In this video, Audrey Kleet, RN, MS, ACNP-BC, CCRN, CCTC, CHFN, of the Gagnon Cardiovascular ...

Leanne Llewellyn, BSc, RN, is a sister in the paediatric intensive care unit, King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London Most inotrope infusions are delivered via an infusion pump in order ...

French centers tested the calcium-sensitizing inotrope levosimendan in patients with severe but potentially reversible cardiogenic shock recently put on VA-ECMO. Early levosimendan did not facilitate ...

Cardiac contractility modulation (CCM) is the application of nonexcitatory electrical signals to the myocardium, during the absolute refractory period of the action potential, to elicit a positive ...