How much can acute heart failure patients with low basic blood pressure (systolic blood pressure 90-100 mmHg) benefit from the use of vasodilators?

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¹ Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No. 17 Yongwaizhengjie, Donghu District, Nanchang 330006, China.
² Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No.17 Yongwaizhengjie, Donghu District, Nanchang 330006, China.

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Ying Zhou et al. Eur Heart J. 2020.

. 2020 Mar 21;41(12):1307-1308.

doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehz945.

¹ Department of Pharmacy, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No. 17 Yongwaizhengjie, Donghu District, Nanchang 330006, China.
² Department of Cardiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanchang University, No.17 Yongwaizhengjie, Donghu District, Nanchang 330006, China.

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