Treatment with inotropes and related prognosis in acute heart failure: Contemporary data from the Italian Network on Heart Failure (IN-HF) Outcome registry

Inotropes were used in nearly 20% of the patient admitted for AHF, and this treatment was associated with a short-term to medium-term poor prognosis. An inappropriate use of inotropes in patients with normal to high SBP, and presumably preserved cardiac output, may have significantly contributed to affect the all-group outcome.