In cardiac surgery, postoperative low cardiac output has been shown to correlate with
increased rates of organ failure and mortality. Catecholamines have been the standard …

Background There has been conflicting evidence concerning the effect of levosimendan on
clinical outcomes in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Therefore, we performed a …

Background: Levosimendan is a calcium sensitizer drug causing increased contractility in
the myocardium and vasodilation in the vascular system. It is mainly used for the therapy of …

Die erneute Aktualisierung der Leitlinie beinhaltete wiederum eine erneute systematische
Literaturrecherche nach den gleichen Vorgaben, die den Zeitraum von November 2009 bis …

Objective Patients undergoing cardiac surgery are at risk of perioperative low cardiac output
syndrome due to postoperative myocardial dysfunction. Myocardial dysfunction in patients …

Purpose The aim of this study was to assess the effects on postoperative outcome of
levosimendan with respect to timing of its administration in cardiac surgery patients …

Inotropic agents are generally recommended to use in patients with acute decompensated
heart failure (HF) with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF) concurrent to end-organ …

Background The objective was to evaluate the effect of epinephrine and levosimendan on
the left ventricle myocardial performance index in patients undergoing on-pump coronary …

Background: The effect of levosimendan on myocardial performance has not been studied in
dialysis-dependent end-stage renal disease patients who have undergone coronary artery …

Objectives: This study aimed to investigate the early results of the patients presented with
acute coronary syndrome (ACS) who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) …