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A renaissance of positive inotropic interventions to treat heart failure?
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See article by Kögler et al. [1] (pages 582–592) in this issue.
Heart failure has a high and increasing prevalence due to the aging population and the better survival rates in other heart diseases (e.g. acute myocardial infarction) in the Western world. Myocardial oxidative stress due to increased production of reactive oxygen free radicals may play an important role in the development and progression of heart failure.
In this issue of Cardiovascular Research, Kögler et al. [1]