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Cardiotonic Agents

"Cardiotonic Agents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Agents that have a strengthening effect on the heart or that can increase cardiac output. They may be CARDIAC GLYCOSIDES; SYMPATHOMIMETICS; or other drugs. They are used after MYOCARDIAL INFARCT; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; in SHOCK; or in congestive heart failure (HEART FAILURE).


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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Cardiotonic Agents" by people in this website by year, and whether "Cardiotonic Agents" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
Bar chart showing 65 publications over 23 distinct years, with a maximum of 6 publications in 2014 and 2015
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