What should clinicians know about the renal effect and the mechanism of action of levosimendan?

Expert Opin Drug Saf. 2021 Dec;20(12):1459-1461. doi: 10.1080/14740338.2021.1986483. Epub 2021 Oct 18.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ ICU Dept, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium.
² Faculty of Medicine, ULB University, Bruxelle, Belgium.
³ ED Dept, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Brugmann, Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Intensive Care Dept, Ziekenhuis Oost Limburgh, Genk, Belgium.

PMID: 34612116
DOI: 10.1080/14740338.2021.1986483

No abstract available

Keywords: GFR; Levosimendan; RBF; medullary oxygenation.

Publication types

Editorial

MeSH terms

Cardiotonic Agents / pharmacology*
Creatinine / blood
Glomerular Filtration Rate / drug effects
Humans
Kidney / drug effects*
Simendan / pharmacology*

Substances

Cardiotonic Agents
Simendan
Creatinine