Resuscitation from adrenaline resistant electro-mechanical dissociation facilitated by levosimendan in a young man with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

Resuscitation

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 147-149

  Tsagalou, Eleftheria P ^a   Nanas, John N ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac arrest; Heart failure; Resuscitation

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMIODARONE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CREATININE; DIGOXIN; DOBUTAMINE; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; INOTROPIC AGENT; LEVOSIMENDAN; LIDOCAINE; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG ACTIVITY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART OUTPUT; HEART VENTRICLE TACHYCARDIA; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION;

ADULT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITATION; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; EPINEPHRINE; HEART ARREST; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYDRAZONES; MALE; PYRIDAZINES;

EID: 30044452738     PISSN: 03009572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2005.06.007     Document Type: Article

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