affecting or controlling the contraction of muscles, esp those of the heart
inotropic drugs
Word origin
C20: from Greek, from is (stem in-) tendon + -tropic
inotropic in American English
(ˌinəˈtrɑpɪk, -ˈtroupɪk, ˌainə-)
adjective
Physiology
influencing the contractility of muscular tissue
Word origin
[1900–05; ‹ Gk īno- (comb. form of i᷇s fiber, sinew) + -tropic]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cathode-ray tube, decompression, desensitize, hormone, throwaway-tropic is a combining form with the meanings “turned toward, with an orientation toward”that specified by the initial element (geotropic), “having an affinity for, affecting” what is specified (lipotropic; neurotropic; psychotropic), “affecting the activity of, maintaining” a specified organ (gonadotropic)
Examples of 'inotropic' in a sentence
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The need for inotropic support and mechanical ventilation was a good predictor of mortality.
Qutaiba Amir Tawfic, Rajini Kausalya, Dhuha Al-Sajee, Jyoti Burad, Ahmed K Mohammed,Aravind Narayanan 2012, 'Adult Sickle Cell Disease; A Five-year Experience of Intensive Care Management ina University Hospital in Oman', Sultan Qaboos University Medical Journalhttp://web.squ.edu.om/squmj/includes/tng/pub/tNG_download.asp?id=52df5741ae8a89da69c46190bd467a8f. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The secondary outcome measures were need for inotropic support and graft function.
Vinod Kumar, Virendra Kumar Arya, Rakesh V Sondekoppam, Suman Arora, Mukut Minz, RakeshGarg, Nishkarsh Gupta 2017, 'Effect of discontinuing morning dose of antihypertensive for renal transplant surgeryon haemodynamic and early graft functioning: A prospective, double-blind, randomisedstudy', Indian Journal of Anaesthesiahttp://www.ijaweb.org/article.asp?issn=0019-5049;year=2017;volume=61;issue=2;spage=150;epage=156;aulast=Kumar. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Simvastatin significantly potentiated the inotropic response to β2-, but not β1-, adrenoceptor stimulation.
Sara D. Pugh, David A. MacDougall, Shailesh R. Agarwal, Robert D. Harvey, Karen E.Porter, Sarah Calaghan 2014, 'Caveolin Contributes to the Modulation of Basal and β-Adrenoceptor Stimulated Functionof the Adult Rat Ventricular Myocyte by Simvastatin: A Novel Pleiotropic Effect',PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0106905. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The condition requires inotropic support to achieve adequate hemodynamic status and tissue perfusion.
Marija Bozhinovska, Gordana Taleska, Andrej Fabian, Maja Šoštarič 2016, 'The Role of Levosimendan in Patients with Decreased Left Ventricular Function UndergoingCardiac Surgery', Open Access Macedonian Journal of Medical Scienceshttp://www.id-press.eu/mjms/article/view/816. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
85% of patients required mechanical ventilation and 78% required inotropic support.
Niyaz Ashraf, Sandeep Kumar Mishra, Pankaj Kundra, P. Veena, S. Soundaraghavan, S.Habeebullah 2014, 'Obstetric Patients Requiring Intensive Care: A One Year Retrospective Study in a TertiaryCare Institute in India', Anesthesiology Research and Practicehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/789450. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Inotropic infusion, however, continued to significantly increase.
Yu-Chen Huang, Sheng-Jean Huang, Wen-Je Ko 2010, 'Survey of Do-not-resuscitate Orders in Surgical Intensive Care Units', Journal of the Formosan Medical Associationhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0929664610600435. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Average age of the patients requiring inotropic support was 72.2 +/- 8.8 years.
Nelson William B, House Chad M, Ahmed Imdad 2009, 'Predictors of inotrope use in patients undergoing concomitant coronary artery bypassgraft (CABG) and aortic valve replacement (AVR) surgeries at separation from cardiopulmonarybypass (CPB)', Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgeryhttp://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/4/1/24. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Positive inotropic interventions are mirrored by smaller end-systolic volumes and higher end-systolic pressures.
Agrusta Marco, Gligorova Suzana 2005, 'Pacing stress echocardiography', Cardiovascular Ultrasoundhttp://www.cardiovascularultrasound.com/content/3/1/36. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Two types of inotropic responses of a failing myocardium after rest periods were observed.
Boris N. Kozlov, PhD, ScD, Dina. S. Kondratyeva, PhD, Sergey V. Popov, PhD, ScD 2012, 'Rhythminotropic Reactions of Human Myocardium in Ischemic and Rheumatic Heart Diseasesagainst the Background of Amiodarone', International Journal of Biomedicinehttp://www.ijbm.org/articles/2_1_CR1.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)