National shortage of home intravenous inotrope agents: The “inotrope pandemic” continues

• Dipan Uppal, MD,
• Ersilia M. DeFilippis, MD,
• Jillian Dietz, PharmD,
• David Baran, MD,
• Jerry D. Estep, MD,
• Mauricio Velez, MD,
• Nina Thakkar Rivera, DO, PhD,
• David Snipelisky, MD

Affiliations

Dipan Uppal, MD

Department of Cardiology, Section of Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida

Ersilia M. DeFilippis, MD

Center for Advanced Cardiac Care, Division of Cardiology, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York

Jillian Dietz, PharmD

Department of Cardiology, Section of Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida

David Baran, MD

Department of Cardiology, Section of Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida

Jerry D. Estep, MD

Department of Cardiology, Section of Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida

Mauricio Velez, MD

Department of Cardiology, Section of Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida

Nina Thakkar Rivera, DO, PhD

Department of Cardiology, Section of Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida

David Snipelisky, MD

Department of Cardiology, Section of Heart Failure & Cardiac Transplant Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Florida, Weston, Florida; Correspondence to: David Snipelisky, MD, 2950 Cleveland Clinic Blvd, Weston, FL 33331.