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The use of levosimendan in children with cancer with severe acute cardiac dysfunction: case series and a review of the literature
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 May 2013
Abstract
We report the use of levosimendan in two febrile, neutropenic children with cancer – one post bone marrow transplant – with acute heart failure following chemotherapy. Initial management with epinephrine, milrinone, and diuresis was unsuccessful. Infusion of levosimendan without a loading dose was added to the ongoing heart failure therapy, which resulted in persistent symptomatic and echocardiographic improvement without major side effects.
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