%0 Journal Article %T Original research article: Prognosis and risk stratification in patients with decompensated heart failure receiving inotropic therapy %A Ca¨ªque Bueno Terhoch %A Clara Gomes %A Edimar Alcides Bocchi %A Fernando Frioes %A Germano Emilio Concei£¿£¿o-Souza %A Mucio Tavares Oliveira Jr %A Paulo Roberto Chizzola %A Silvia Helena Gelas Lage %A Silvia Moreira Ayub-Ferreira %A Vera Maria Cury Salemi %A Victor Sarli Issa %J Archive of "Open Heart". %D 2018 %R 10.1136/openhrt-2018-000923 %X The prognostic significance of transient use of inotropes has been sufficiently studied in recent heart failure (HF) populations. We hypothesised that risk stratification in these patients could contribute to patient selection for advanced therapies %K heart failure %K decompensated heart failure %K inotropes %K prognosis %K risk %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6330199/