Preoperative levosimendan for right ventricular dysfunction before heart valve replacement surgery

Rev Esp Cardiol (Engl Ed). 2013 Dec;66(12):999-1000. doi: 10.1016/j.rec.2013.05.015. Epub 2013 Aug 30.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Drug Administration Schedule
  • Echocardiography / methods
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Failure / prevention & control*
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / adverse effects
  • Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / methods*
  • Humans
  • Hydrazones / administration & dosage*
  • Infusions, Intravenous
  • Male
  • Postoperative Complications / physiopathology
  • Postoperative Complications / prevention & control
  • Preoperative Care / methods*
  • Pyridazines / administration & dosage*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Simendan
  • Spain
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / drug therapy*

Substances

  • Hydrazones
  • Pyridazines
  • Simendan