The effectiveness and relative effectiveness of intravenous inotropic drugs acting through the adrenergic pathway in patients with heart failure—a meta‐regression analysis
- 1 August 2002
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in European Journal of Heart Failure
- Vol. 4 (4) , 515-529
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1388-9842(02)00041-7
Abstract
Aims To review systematically the use of intravenous (IV) inotropic agents acting through the adrenergic signalling pathway, compared with placebo or an active agent, in patients with heart failure....Keywords
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