Current use of inotropes according to initial blood pressure and peripheral perfusion in the treatment of congestive heart failure: findings from a multicentre observational study

• Takeshi Kitai,
• Yutaka Furukawa,
• Takeshi Morimoto,
• Kenji Ando,
• Yuichi Kawase,
• Masashi Kato,
• Tsukasa Inada,
• Kazuya Nagao,
• Mamoru Toyofuku,
• Takao Kato,
• Moriaki Inoko,
• Tomoyuki Ikeda,
• Akihiro Komasa,
• Yasutaka Inuzuka,
• Toshikazu Jinnai,
• Takeshi Kimura,
• Koichiro Kuwahara,
• Kazushige Kadota,
• Yuta Seko,
• Hidenori Yaku,
• Yodo Tamaki,
• Neiko Ozasa,
• Erika Yamamoto,
• Yusuke Yoshikawa,
• Yoshihisa Nakagawa,
• Yukihito Sato,
• Koh Ono,
• Ryoji Taniguchi,
• Moritake Iguchi,
• Mamoru Takahashi,
• Takafumi Kawai,
• Ryusuke Nishikawa,
• Takashi Morinaga,
• Kanae Su,
• Mitsunori Kawato,
• Satoshi Shizuta

Affiliations

Takeshi Kitai

Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine and Clinical Research Support, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Hyogo, Japan

Yutaka Furukawa

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan

Takeshi Morimoto

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Kenji Ando

Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Fukuoka, Japan

Yuichi Kawase

Department of Cardiology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan

Masashi Kato

Department of Cardiology, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Tsukasa Inada

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Kazuya Nagao

Cardiovascular Center, Osaka Red Cross Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Mamoru Toyofuku

16 Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan

Takao Kato

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Moriaki Inoko

Cardiovascular Center, Tazuke Kofukai Medical Research Institute, Kitano Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Tomoyuki Ikeda

7 Department of Cardiology, Hikone Municipal Hospital, Hikone, Japan

Akihiro Komasa

20 Department of Cardiology, Kansai Electric Power Hospital, Osaka, Japan

Yasutaka Inuzuka

4 Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga General Hospital, Moriyama, Japan

Toshikazu Jinnai

22 Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Otsu Hospital, Otsu, Japan

Takeshi Kimura

Center for Preventive Medicine, St Luke`s International University, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Koichiro Kuwahara

10 Cardiovascular Medicine, Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine, School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Kazushige Kadota

Department of Cardiology, Kurashiki Central Hospital, Kurashiki, Japan

Yuta Seko

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Hidenori Yaku

Department of Cardiology, Mitsubishi Kyoto Hospital, Kyoto, Japan

Yodo Tamaki

5 Cardiology, Public Interest Incorporated Foundation Tenri Hospital, Tenri, Japan

Neiko Ozasa

1 Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine and Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Erika Yamamoto

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Yusuke Yoshikawa

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Yoshihisa Nakagawa

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science Hospital, Otsu, Japan

Yukihito Sato

Division of Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Amagasaki, Japan

Koh Ono

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan

Ryoji Taniguchi

Division of Cardiology, Hyogo Prefectural Amagasaki Hospital, Amagasaki, Japan

Moritake Iguchi

Department of Cardiology, National Hospital Organisation Kyoto Medical Center, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Mamoru Takahashi

Department of Thoracic Surgery, Kyoto Katsura Hospital, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan

Takafumi Kawai

Department of Cardiology, Kishiwada City Hospital, Kishiwada, Japan

Ryusuke Nishikawa

Department of Cardiology, Shizuoka General Hospital, Shizuoka, Japan

Takashi Morinaga

Department of Cardiology, Kokura Memorial Hospital, Kitakyushu, Japan

Kanae Su

Department of Cardiology, Japanese Red Cross Wakayama Medical Center, Wakayama, Japan

Mitsunori Kawato

Department of Cardiology, Nishi-Kobe Medical Center, Kobe, Japan

Satoshi Shizuta

Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Japan