Effects of levosimendan for perioperative cardiovascular dysfunction in patients receiving cardiac surgery: a meta-analysis with trial sequential analysis

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 1929-1930

  Lee, Chen Tse ^a   Lin, Yu Cih ^b,c   Yeh, Yu Chang ^a   Chen, Ta Liang ^b,d   Chen, Chien Yu ^b,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEVOSIMENDAN; CARDIOTONIC AGENT; SIMENDAN;

ATRIAL FIBRILLATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR MORTALITY; CEREBROVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL OUTCOME; DIALYSIS; HEART INFARCTION; HEART SURGERY; HUMAN; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY RISK; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RISK REDUCTION; SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC ERROR; META ANALYSIS;

CARDIAC SURGICAL PROCEDURES; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SIMENDAN;

EID: 85028975403     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: 14321238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-017-4927-5     Document Type: Letter

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