Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 811-817.e3 , December 2009

Levosimendan as a Rescue Drug in Experimental Propranolol-Induced Myocardial Depression: A Randomized Study

  • Heli Leppikangas, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • Esko Ruokonen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Juha Rutanen, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Vesa Kiviniemi, PhLic

      Affiliations

    • IT Centre, University of Kuopio, Kuopio, Finland
    • ,
  • Leena Lindgren, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anaesthesia, Tampere University Hospital, Tampere, Finland
    • ,
  • Jouni Kurola, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Intensive Care, Kuopio University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Kurola Jouni, MD, PhD, Department of Intensive Care, Kuopio University Hospital, PO Box 1777, 70211 Kuopio, Finland; 358-40-5677189, fax 358-17-173443

Received 23 December 2008 ,Revised 30 April 2009 ,Accepted 24 June 2009.

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 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article that might create any potential conflict of interest. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement. Financial support provided by Orion Pharma Inc.

 Supervising editor: Richard C. Dart, MD, PhD

 Author contributions: HL, ER, LL, and JK designed the study and obtained research funding. HL, JR, and JK performed the study. HL, VK, and JK performed statistical analysis. HL, ER, LL, and JK prepared the article. JK takes responsibility for the paper as a whole.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

 Publication date: Available online September 19, 2009.

PII: S0196-0644(09)01143-3

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2009.06.512

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 54, Issue 6 , Pages 811-817.e3 , December 2009

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