Effects of Levosimendan on Quality of Life and Emotional Stress in Advanced Heart Failure Patients

[1] McBride BF(2003)Levosimendan: implications for clinicians J Clin Pharmacol 43 1071-1081

[2] White MC(2003)Levosimendan: a review of its use in the management of acute decompensated heart failure Drugs 63 2651-2671

[3] Innes CA(2006)Mechanisms and use of calcium-sensitizing agents in the failing heart Circulation 113 305-315

[4] Wagstaff AJ(2005)Levosimendan for the treatment of acute heart failure syndromes Expert Opin Pharmacother 6 2741-2751

[5] Kass DA(1997)Intra-coronary levosimendan enhances contractile function of stunned myocardium Anesth Analg 85 23-29

[6] Solaro J(2000)Acute hemodynamic and clinical effects of levosimendan in patients with severe heart failure Circulation 102 2222-2227

[7] Parissis JT(2000)Hemodynamic and neurohumoral effects of continuous infusion of levosimendan in patients with congestive heart failure J Am Coll Cardiol 36 1903-1912

[8] Filippatos G(2002)Efficacy and safety of intravenous levosimendan compared with dobutamine in severe low-output heart failure (the LIDO study): a randomized double-blind trial Lancet 360 196-202

[9] Farmakis D(2002)Breathing not properly multinational study investigators. Rapid measurement of B-type natriuretic peptide in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure N Engl J Med 347 161-167

[10] Adamopoulos S(1988)Psychometric properties of Beck Depression Inventory: twenty-five years of evaluation Clin Psychol Rev 8 77-100

[1] McBride BF(2003)Levosimendan: implications for clinicians J Clin Pharmacol 43 1071-1081

[2] White MC(2003)Levosimendan: a review of its use in the management of acute decompensated heart failure Drugs 63 2651-2671

[3] Innes CA(2006)Mechanisms and use of calcium-sensitizing agents in the failing heart Circulation 113 305-315

[4] Wagstaff AJ(2005)Levosimendan for the treatment of acute heart failure syndromes Expert Opin Pharmacother 6 2741-2751

[5] Kass DA(1997)Intra-coronary levosimendan enhances contractile function of stunned myocardium Anesth Analg 85 23-29

[6] Solaro J(2000)Acute hemodynamic and clinical effects of levosimendan in patients with severe heart failure Circulation 102 2222-2227

[7] Parissis JT(2000)Hemodynamic and neurohumoral effects of continuous infusion of levosimendan in patients with congestive heart failure J Am Coll Cardiol 36 1903-1912

[8] Filippatos G(2002)Efficacy and safety of intravenous levosimendan compared with dobutamine in severe low-output heart failure (the LIDO study): a randomized double-blind trial Lancet 360 196-202

[9] Farmakis D(2002)Breathing not properly multinational study investigators. Rapid measurement of B-type natriuretic peptide in the emergency diagnosis of heart failure N Engl J Med 347 161-167

[10] Adamopoulos S(1988)Psychometric properties of Beck Depression Inventory: twenty-five years of evaluation Clin Psychol Rev 8 77-100