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Effects of levosimendan on mortality and hospitalization. A meta-analysis of randomized controlled studies.

Giovanni Landoni, Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Massimiliano Greco, et al. Crit Care Med, 2011, 40: ahead of print

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This meta-analysis aims to describe the effect of levosimendan in acute heart failure, in both the cardiology and cardiac surgery setting. It suggests reduced mortality with levosimendan, and shorter hospital length of stay.

It doesn't tell us when, how much and how long i.e. should...


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