Treatment of acute heart failure in an infant after cardiac surgery using levosimendan | Zendy

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Treatment of acute heart failure in an infant after cardiac surgery using levosimendan

Author(s) -

J. Braun,

Markus P. Schneider,

Marc Kastrup,

J LIU

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303

H-Index - 133

eISSN - 1873-734X

pISSN - 1010-7940

DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.03.034

Subject(s) - levosimendan , medicine , cardiac surgery , cardiology , vascular resistance , pulmonary hypertension , shunt (medical) , hypothermia , heart failure , cardiopulmonary bypass , ventricular function , cardiac function curve , cardiac output , anesthesia , hemodynamics

An infant, 2 months old, underwent cardiac surgery because of congenital heart defects and pulmonary hypertension. Surgery was performed in hypothermia and cardiac standstill. On the second day after surgery the infant had to be resuscitated due to a combination of acute left-ventricular failure, pulmonary vascular hypertension and a slight right-to-left-shunt. A breakthrough in the treatment was achieved by using levosimendan to improve left-ventricular function and to decrease vascular resistance.

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