French centers tested the calcium-sensitizing inotrope levosimendan in patients with severe but potentially reversible cardiogenic shock recently put on VA-ECMO. Early levosimendan did not facilitate ...
AMSTERDAM — Is it twilight for positive inotropic agents for acute heart failure and their daunting risks? Not necessarily, but an investigational drug that increases stroke volume apparently without ...
This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...