Levosimendan for patients with severely reduced left ventricular systolic function and/or low cardiac output syndrome undergoing cardiac surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have shown beneficial effects of levosimendan in high-risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Two large randomized controlled trials (RCTs), however, showed no advantages of levosimendan. METHODS: We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis (MEDLINE and Embase f...

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Autores principales: Sanfilippo, Filippo, Knight, Joshua B., Scolletta, Sabino, Santonocito, Cristina, Pastore, Federico, Lorini, Ferdinando L., Tritapepe, Luigi, Morelli, Andrea, Arcadipane, Antonio
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5648477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29047417
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13054-017-1849-0

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