Open AccessClinical efficacy of levosimendan vs milrinone in preventing low cardiac output syndrome following pediatric cardiac surgery
Author(s) -
Kaushik Jothinath,
Balakrishnan Sadasivam,
Vijayakumar Raju,
Shoba Me,
Jenit Osborn
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
annals of cardiac anaesthesia/annals of cardiac anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.42
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 0974-5181
pISSN - 0971-9784
DOI - 10.4103/aca.aca_160_19
Subject(s) - milrinone , medicine , levosimendan , cardiac index , inotrope , cardiac surgery , anesthesia , cardiac output , stroke volume , cardiology , heart failure , hemodynamics , ejection fraction
Prophylactic milrinone is commonly used to prevent Low Cardiac Output Syndrome (LCOS) after pediatric cardiac surgery. This study compares the use of levosimendan with milrinone when used as the primary inotrope following pediatric cardiac surgery.