Inotropic agents use in patients hospitalized with acute decompensated heart failure: a retrospective analysis from a 22-year registry in a Middle-Eastern Country (1991–2013)

Table 6 Medication Use at Discharge

Variable	Inotropes	No Inotropes	P Value
ß-blocker	275 (32.1)	1908 (26.5)	0.001
ACE/ARB^a	321 (37.4)	4346 (60.3)	0.001
Calcium channel blockers	352 (41)	768 (10.7)	0.001
Digoxin	28 (3.3)	389 (5.4)	0.008
Amiodarone	53 (6.2)	394 (5.5)	0.39
Frusemide	545 (63.5)	6012 (83.4)	0.001
Spiranolactone	35 (4.1)	456 (6.3)	0.009

^aACE/ARB: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors/Angiotensin receptor blockers

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