Temporary left ventricular assist and levosimendan for coronary artery spasm

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 316-318

  Döpfmera, Ulrich R ^a,b   Braun, Jan P ^a   Grosse, Joachim ^a   Konertz, Wolfgang ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Calcium sensitizers; Coronary artery bypass grafting; Coronary artery spasm; Left ventricular assist device; Levosimendan

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SENSITIZER; DILTIAZEM; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; LEVOSIMENDAN; LOSARTAN; METOPROLOL; MILRINONE; NORADRENALIN; SIMVASTATIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; CORONARY ARTERY SPASM; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; EXPLANT; FEMALE; HEART ASSIST DEVICE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; INTRACORONARY INFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; STUNNED HEART MUSCLE;

EID: 24644521451     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2004.103788     Document Type: Article

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