Contribution of Levosimendan in Weaning from Mechanical Ventilation in Patients with Left Ventricular Dysfunction: A Pilot Study.
Ifigeneia KaltsiEpameinondas AngelopoulosGeorgios TzanisAntonios SiderisKonstantinos TyrovolasStelios KokkorisChristina GratziouSerafeim NanasChristina RoutsiPublished in: Critical care research and practice (2019)
In difficult-to-wean from mechanical ventilation patients with LV dysfunction, levosimendan might contribute to successful weaning by improving both systolic and diastolic LV function.
Keyphrases
- mechanical ventilation
- left ventricular
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- intensive care unit
- cardiac surgery
- heart failure
- blood pressure
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- respiratory failure
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- oxidative stress
- left atrial
- acute myocardial infarction
- mitral valve
- aortic stenosis
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- atrial fibrillation