Useful supplement to the best practice of using levosimendan in cardiac surgery patients: 2.5-mg intravenous bolus for cardiopulmonary resuscitation during perioperative cardiac arrest

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Carev, Mladen ^a   Karanovic, Nenad ^a   Kocen, Dubravka ^a   Bulat, Cristijan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SPLIT   (Croatia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOSIMENDAN;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADULT; AGED; AORTA DISSECTION; AORTA SURGERY; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CASE REPORT; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTINUOUS RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY; DEFIBRILLATION; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HEART OUTPUT; HEART SURGERY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; OFF PUMP CORONARY SURGERY; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESUSCITATION; SURGICAL PATIENT; THERMODILUTION; TRANSESOPHAGEAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VASOPLEGIA;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; HUMANS; HYDRAZONES; PYRIDAZINES;

EID: 84888226049     PISSN: 10530770     EISSN: 15328422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2013.07.018     Document Type: Letter

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