The name was coined by Alexander Vostokov and popularized by Vasily Zhukovsky in his eponymous ballad, first published in 1813. The name is also used in Ukraine, Belarus, Slovakia, and Serbia, with a number of occurrences in non-Slavic countries.
Define inotropic: increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractions â inotropic in a sentence increasing or decreasing the force of muscular contractionsâ¦ See the full definition
However, clinically, if the word inotrope is used it typically refers to positive inotropes. Inotropes are given for conditions associated with a low cardiac output (CO) (poor heart contraction), such as cardiogenic shock following a heart attack, severe heart failure, or following cardiac surgery.