Monitoring of Levosimendan Administration in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Undergoing Cardiac Surgery and Effect of Two Different Dosing Schemes on Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Parameters

Monitoring of Levosimendan Administration in Patients with Pulmonary Hypertension Undergoing Cardiac Surgery and Effect of Two Different Dosing Schemes on Hemodynamic and Echocardiographic Parameters

Introduction: The perioperative management of patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) undergoing cardiac surgery represents one of the most challenging clinical scenarios. This fact mainly depends on the relationship existing between PH and right ventricular failure (RVF). Levosimendan (LS) is an...

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Main Authors: Panagiotis Ftikos, Areti Falara, Panagiota Rellia, Evangelos Leontiadis, George Samanidis, Natalia Kamperi, Artemios Piperakis, Constantin Tamvakopoulos, Theofani Antoniou, Kassiani Theodoraki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-05-01
Series:Pharmaceuticals
Subjects:
levosimendan
pulmonary hypertension
pharmacokinetics
mass spectrometry
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8247/16/6/815

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