Which of the following agents is unlikely to have a beneficial effect on patients in heart failure?

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Atropine is an anticholinergic drug that increases the heart rate but has no direct effects on heart failure. Furosemide is a loop diuretic that eliminates fluid from the body by increasing urination, an effect that is clearly beneficial in heart failure. It also is a vasodilator. Dobutamine is a catecholamine that reduces afterload and improves cardiac output in heart failure. Morphine and some other narcotics (such as fentanyl) are vasodilators that reduce preload.

Which of the Following Agents Is Unlikely to Have a Beneficial