Search Tag: preoperative ventricular systolic dysfunction

ICU Management

Is-levosimendan-beneficial-to-patients-undergoing-cardiac-surgery

2017 24 Oct

In patients undergoing cardiac surgery, the benefit of levosimendan in terms of survival was not shown in multicentre or in high-quality trials; however, levosimendan therapy was associated with reduced mortality in patients with preoperative ventricular systolic dysfunction, according to a new meta-analysis published in the journal Critical Care....Read more