Use of levosimendan for cardiogenic shock in a patient with the apical ballooning syndrome

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 149, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 365-367

  De Santis, Vincenzo ^a   Vitale, Domenico ^a   Tritapepe, Luigi ^a   Greco, Cesare ^a   Pietropaoli, Paolo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOBUTAMINE; FUROSEMIDE; LEVOSIMENDAN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; LUNG EDEMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 51049123405     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-149-5-200809020-00028     Document Type: Letter

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