Author/Authors :
Yücel, Hasan Cumhuriyet University - School of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Zorlu, Ali Cumhuriyet University - School of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Kaya, Hakkı Cumhuriyet University - School of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Gül, İbrahim Cumhuriyet University - School of Medicine - Department of Cardiology, Turkey
Title Of Article :
The effect of levosimendan in a patients with postinfarction ventricular septal defect
Abstract :
This paper reports the clinic course of a patient with postinfarction ventricular septal defect (VSD). At the period to surgery, the patient received levosimendan for cardio-protection. During the levosimendan infusion, the hemodynamics of the patient worsened. The impairment of hemodynamics and mortality of the patient might be responded to the increase of the amount of left to right shunt, which had possibly occurred due to levosimendan treatment.
NaturalLanguageKeyword :
Levosimendan , acute myocardial infarction , ventricular septal defect , shunt
JournalTitle :
Cumhuriyet Medical Journal
