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....

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Main Authors: Siminelakis Stavros N, Tzimas Petros, Baikoussis Nikolaos G, Papadopoulos Georgios, Karanikolas Menelaos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-03-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/9