Role of the calcium sensitizer, levosimendan, in perioperative intensive care medicine

Yearbook of Intensive Care and Emergency Medicine 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 498-510

  Rehberg, S ^a   Enkhbaatar, P ^a   Traber, D L ^a  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

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EID: 77957246033     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-92278-2_47     Document Type: Chapter

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