Table 1: Commonly Encountered Concomitant Conditions in Acute Heart Failure Patients and the Corresponding Inotrope of Choice.

Commonly Encountered Concomitant Conditions in Acute Heart Failure	Inotrope of Choice
Hypotension	Norepinephrine Dobutamine Dopamine
Beta-blockade	Levosimendan Milrinone
Pulmonary hypertension	Levosimendan Milrinone
Acute cardiorenal syndrome	Dopamine Levosimendan Dobutamine
Heart failure of ischaemic aetiology	Levosimendan Dobutamine
Cardiopulmonary bypass surgery	Dobutamine Levosimendan Milrinone
Sepsis-related heart failure	Norepinephrine Dobutamine Levosimendan