Intravenous levosimendan-norepinephrine combination during off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in a hemodialysis patient with severe myocardial dysfunction
<p>Abstract</p> <p>This the case of a 63 year-old man with end-stage renal disease (on chronic hemodialysis), unstable angina and significantly impaired myocardial contractility with low left ventricular ejection fraction, who underwent off-pump one vessel coronary bypass surgery....
Main Authors: | Siminelakis Stavros N, Tzimas Petros, Baikoussis Nikolaos G, Papadopoulos Georgios, Karanikolas Menelaos |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-03-01
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Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/9 |
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