Lupus myocarditis. Case report [PDF]
, 2005 Myocarditis is one of the many possible forms of cardiac involvement in systemic lupus erythematosus. Its clinical presentation ranges from asymptomatic patients with self-limited disease to fulminant heart failure that can lead to death.
Campos, M +9 more
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Newer treatments for decompensated heart failure: focus on levosimendan [PDF]
, 2009 Acute heart failure (AHF) is a major cause of hospitalizations. Severe dyspnea, pulmonary congestion and low cardiac output with peripheral vasoconstriction and renal hypoperfusion is a main form of clinical presentation.
Follath, Ferenc
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Effect of Preoperative Infusion of Levosimendan on Biomarkers of Myocardial Injury and Haemodynamics After Paediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Randomised Controlled Trial [PDF]
, 2020 Trial registry number: EudraCT 2012-005310-19.Key Points A randomised controlled trial was conducted to test the hypothesis that preoperative infusion of levosimendan would decrease myocardial injury biomarkers (troponin I and B-type natriuretic peptide)
Abril-Molina, Ana +6 more
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Inodilator versus inotrope: do inodilators have an edge to improve outcome in patients with heart failure or cardiac dysfunction? [PDF]
, 2020 Numerous meta-analyses on inotropes (dobutamine) and inodilators (milrinone, levosimendan) suggest that their impact on survival are at best neutral (but may be deleterious) whereas levosimendan seems to have beneficial effects on survival in patients ...
Longrois, Dan +2 more
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Beneficial impact of levosimendan in critically ill patients with or at risk for acute renal failure: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials [PDF]
, 2015 INTRODUCTION: The incidence of Acute Kidney Injury is nowadays high in critically ill patients. Its etiology is multifactorial and a primary role is played by low cardiac output syndrome.
Belletti, A +12 more
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Reversion of Severe Mitral Insufficiency in Peripartum Cardiomyopathy Using Levosimendan [PDF]
, 2020 Idiopathic peripartum cardiomyopathy presenting with heart failure is a true diagnostic and treatment challenge. Goal oriented clinical management aims at the relapse of left ventricular systolic dysfunction.
Bornacelli, Yamil E. Jaller +5 more
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Intravenous levosimendan-norepinephrine combination during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a hemodialysis patient with severe myocardial dysfunction [PDF]
, 2010 This the case of a 63 year-old man with end-stage renal disease (on chronic hemodialysis), unstable angina and significantly impaired myocardial contractility with low left ventricular ejection fraction, who underwent off-pump one vessel coronary bypass ...
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Therapeutic Development of Levosimendan in Acute and Advanced Heart Failure: A Systematic Review. [PDF]
Cureus, 2023 Desai HN +9 more
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Inotropes and inodilators for acute heart failure: sarcomere active drugs in focus [PDF]
, 2017 Nagy, László +2 more
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Levosimendan in Right Ventricular Dysfunction. [PDF]
Ann Card Anaesth, 2023 Kapoor MC.
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