Levosimendan versus intra-aortic balloon pump in high-risk cardiac surgery patients

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 632-636

  Severi, Luca ^a   Lappa, Angela ^a   Landoni, Giovanni ^b,c   Di Pirro, Lucio ^a   Luzzi, Sacha Jerome ^a   Caravetta, Patrizia ^a   Cipullo, Pierluigi ^a   Menichetti, Antonio ^a  

^a SAN CAMILLO FORLANINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b VITA SALUTE SAN RAFFAELE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiac surgery; intensive care unit; intra aortic balloon pump; levosimendan

Indexed keywords

ALDOSTERONE ANTAGONIST; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CISATRACURIUM; DESFLURANE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; ENOXIMONE; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LEVOSIMENDAN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; LORAZEPAM; MIDAZOLAM; MORPHINE SULFATE; PROPOFOL; SUFENTANIL; TRANEXAMIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART HEMODYNAMICS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE ENDSYSTOLIC VOLUME; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MITRAL VALVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT;

ADULT; AGED; CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; HYDRAZONES; INTRA-AORTIC BALLOON PUMPING; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; PYRIDAZINES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80052717420     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2011.03.001     Document Type: Article

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