Levosimendan Reversing Low Output Syndrome After Heart Transplantation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1529-1531

  Petäjä, Liisa M ^a   Sipponen, Jorma T ^a   Hämmäinen, Pekka J ^a   Eriksson, Heidi I ^a   Salmenperä, Markku T ^a   Suojaranta Ylinen, Raili T ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMIODARONE; LEVOSIMENDAN; LIDOCAINE; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; NORADRENALIN;

ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOPLEGIA; CARDIOPULMONARY BYPASS; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFECT; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART INDEX; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; LACTATE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMANS; HYDRAZONES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOCARDIAL REPERFUSION INJURY; PYRIDAZINES; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; SHOCK, CARDIOGENIC; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748751001     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2006.02.026     Document Type: Article

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