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Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 400-406 , June 2008

Inotropic Agents Improve the Peripheral Microcirculation of Patients With End-Stage Chronic Heart Failure

Serafim Nanas, MD
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, “Evgenidio” Hospital
- Reprint requests: Serafim Nanas, MD, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, “Evgenidio Hospital,” National and Kapodestrian University of Athens 20, Papadiamantopoulou St, Athens, 11528, Greece.
Vasiliki Gerovasili, MD
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, “Evgenidio” Hospital
Stavros Dimopoulos, MD
- Clinical Therapeutics Department, “Alexandra” Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece
Charalampos Pierrakos, MD
- Clinical Therapeutics Department, “Alexandra” Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece
Soultana Kourtidou, MD
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, “Evgenidio” Hospital
Elissavet Kaldara, MD
- Clinical Therapeutics Department, “Alexandra” Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece
Serafim Sarafoglou, MD
- Clinical Therapeutics Department, “Alexandra” Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece
John Venetsanakos, MD
- Clinical Therapeutics Department, “Alexandra” Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece
Charis Roussos, MD, MRCP, PhD
- Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Department, Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing and Rehabilitation Laboratory, “Evgenidio” Hospital
John Nanas, MD, PhD
- Clinical Therapeutics Department, “Alexandra” Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece
Maria Anastasiou-Nana, MD
- Clinical Therapeutics Department, “Alexandra” Hospital, National and Kapodestrian University of Athens, Greece

Received 1 November 2006 ,Revised 23 January 2008 ,Accepted 1 February 2008.

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This study was partly funded by grant from the Special Account for Research Grants of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece, and by the Thorax Foundation.

PII: S1071-9164(08)00066-3

doi: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2008.02.001

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Volume 14, Issue 5 , Pages 400-406 , June 2008