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Levosimendan inhibits release of reactive oxygen species in polymorphonuclear leukocytes in vitro and in patients with acute heart failure and septic shock: a prospective observational study

INTRODUCTION: Levosimendan is an extensively investigated inodilator showing also cardioprotective and antiinflammatory effects. The aim of our study was to explore the influence of levosimendan on polymorphonuclear leucocytes (PMN), a main source of reactive oxygen species, in vitro and in patients...

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Autores principales: Hasslacher, Julia, Bijuklic, Klaudija, Bertocchi, Cristina, Kountchev, Jordan, Bellmann, Romuald, Dunzendorfer, Stefan, Joannidis, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2011
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3387603/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21749676
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/cc10307