Efficiency and Safety of Prolonged Levosimendan Infusion in Patients with Acute Heart Failure
Background. Levosimendan is an inotropic drug with unique pharmacological advantages in patients with acute heart failure. Scope of this study is to determine whether longer infusion patterns without the hypotension-inducing loading dose could justify an effective and safe alternative approach. Meth...
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Main Authors: | Georgios Aidonidis, Ioannis Kanonidis, Vasileios Koutsimanis, Till Neumann, Raimund Erbel, Georgios Sakadamis |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2011-01-01
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Series: | Cardiology Research and Practice |
Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.4061/2011/342302 |
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