- An
inotrope or
inotropic is a drug or any
substance that
alters the
force or
energy of
muscular contractions.
Negatively inotropic agents weaken the force...
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increases the
strength of the heart's contractions,
leading to a
positive inotropic effect.
Generally it has
little effect on a person's
heart rate. Dobutamine...
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without a rise in
intracellular calcium.
Levosimendan exerts its
positive inotropic effect by
increasing calcium sensitivity of
myocytes by
binding to cardiac...
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reduced ventricular function may not be able to
counteract the
negative inotropic and
chronotropic effects of diltiazem, the
result being an even higher...
- responses,
including an
increase in
heart rate,
force of
contraction (
inotropic effect),
conduction speed through electrical pathways in the heart, and...
-
receptor agonist derived from tetrahydroisoquinoline. It has a
positive inotropic effect,
suggesting potential use in
treatment of
chronic heart failure...
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increased uptake leads to
increased myocardial contractility (positive
inotropic effect), but the
myocardial relaxation, or lusitropy, decreases. This...
- for this effect. It is a
structural analog of
nifedipine with
positive inotropic activity, and as an
aromatic it is
highly lipid soluble. Bay K8644 targets...
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hyperpolarization respectively. This term is
commonly confused with an
inotropic effect,
which refers to a
change in the
force of
contraction (e.g. in...
- or an
acute alteration in
mental status.
Patients who are
receiving inotropic or
vasopressor agents may have a
normalized blood pressure at the time...
