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Cardiovascular collapse is a devastating clinical entity frequently observed in both medical and surgical intensive care unit patients. Despite the gravity of this condition, advances in cardiovascular physiology, molecular biology, and pharmacology, now allow physicians to offer rational therapeutic interventions to such patients. This chapter will review the basic pathophysiology of cardiac failure, identify cellular targets for pharmacologic intervention, and discuss the actions and uses of some of the newer inotropic agents.
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Rothfield, K.P. (1997). Pharmacologic Support of Critically ill Patients. In: Pinsky, M.R. (eds) Applied Cardiovascular Physiology. Update in Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine, vol 28. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60696-0_5
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