open access
Efficacy and safety of levosimendan and dobutamine in heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis
, 23, 14, 2, 56
Affiliations- 1st Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
- First Chair and Department of Cardiology, Medical University of Warsaw, Poland
- Department of Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Department of Cardiac and Vascular Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
- Maria Sklodowska-Curie Medical Academy in Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
- Maria Sklodowska-Curie Białystok Oncology Centre, Białystok, Poland
open access
Abstract
Abstract
Supp./Additional Files (1)
About this articleTitle
Efficacy and safety of levosimendan and dobutamine in heart failure: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Journal
Issue
Article type
Research Letter
Pages
492-493
Published online
2021-03-24
Page views
1089
Article views/downloads
1014
DOI
10.5603/CJ.a2021.0037
Pubmed
Bibliographic record
Cardiol J 2021;28(3):492-493.
Authors
Milosz J. Jaguszewski
Aleksandra Gasecka
Radoslaw Targonski
Krzysztof J. Filipiak
Lukasz Szarpak
References (8)- Pathak A, Lebrin M, Vaccaro A, et al. Pharmacology of levosimendan: inotropic, vasodilatory and cardioprotective effects. J Clin Pharm Ther. 2013; 38(5): 341–349.
- Pollesello P, Papp Z. The cardioprotective effects of levosimendan: preclinical and clinical evidence. J Cardiovasc Pharmacol. 2007; 50(3): 257–263.
- Harjola VP, Giannakoulas G, von Lewinski D, et al. Use of levosimendan in acute heart failure. Eur Heart J Suppl. 2018; 20(Suppl I): I2–II10.
- Yaman M, Arslan U, Kaya A, et al. Levosimendan accelerates recovery in patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Cardiol J. 2016; 23(6): 610–615.
- Bayram M, De Luca L, Massie MB, et al. Reassessment of dobutamine, dopamine, and milrinone in the management of acute heart failure syndromes. Am J Cardiol. 2005; 96(6A): 47G–58G.
- Slawsky MT, Colucci WS, Gottlieb SS, et al. Acute hemodynamic and clinical effects of levosimendan in patients with severe heart failure. Study Investigators. Circulation. 2000; 102(18): 2222–2227.
- Hozo SP, Djulbegovic B, Hozo I. Estimating the mean and variance from the median, range, and the size of a sample. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2005; 5: 13.
- Tycińska A, Gierlotka M, Bugajski J, et al. Levosimendan in the treatment of patients with acute cardiac conditions: an expert opinion of the Association of Intensive Cardiac Care of the Polish Cardiac Society. Kardiol Pol. 2020; 78(7-8): 825–834.
