Inotropic and lusitropic effects of levosimendan and milrinone assessed by strain echocardiography-A randomised trial.

M FredholmK JörgensenE HoultzSven-Erik Ricksten

Published in: Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica (2018)

At clinically relevant infusion rates and a certain increase in LV performance the direct inotropic and lusitropic of milrinone and levosimendan were comparable.

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