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Levosimendan reduces heart failure after cardiac surgery: A prospective, randomized, placebo-controlled trial

Lahtinen P, Pitkänen O MD, Pölönen P, Turpeinen A, et al. Critical Care Medicine, 2011, 39(10):2263-2270

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This prospective RCT of levosimendan vs placebo to prevent heart failure in 200 patients having valves reports a reduction in heart failure (15 vs 58%, p

 
However this needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Heart failure was defined as CI
 

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