Update on inotropic therapy in the management of acute heart failure

Ulf Landmesser1, Helmut Drexler
1Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Abteilung Kardiologie und Angiologie, Carl Neuberg Str.1, 30625, Hannover, Germany

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