Levosimendan use in several scenarios of acute heart failure;Uso de levosimendana em diversos quadros de insuficiência cardíaca aguda

Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Tavares, Miguel ^a   Andrade, Ana Carolina ^b   Mebazaa, Alexandre ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^b Lariboisière Hospital   (Portugal)

^c NONE   (France)

Author keywords

Acute heart failure therapy; Inodilators; Inotropes; Levosimendan

Indexed keywords

BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM SENSITIZER; DOBUTAMINE; LEVOSIMENDAN; MAGNESIUM; NORADRENALIN; POTASSIUM;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; DIASTOLIC HEART FAILURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG HALF LIFE; DRUG MECHANISM; DYSPNEA; GRAFT FAILURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; HYPOKALEMIA; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIA; PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION; PROPHYLAXIS; REVIEW; TACHYCARDIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADRENERGIC BETA-ANTAGONISTS; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMANS; HYDRAZONES; HYPOTENSION; ISCHEMIA; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITORS; PYRIDAZINES; SYNDROME; VASODILATOR AGENTS;

EID: 42049103033     PISSN: 0066782X     EISSN: 16784170     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2008000300012     Document Type: Review

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