@article{01b9d4843bf841a88888958e7ef58c84,
title = "Levosimendan in two neonates with ischemic heart failure and pulmonary hypertension.",
abstract = "We report the successful and safe use of levosimendan, a new calcium-sensitizing agent with positive inotropic and vasodilatory action, in 2 critically ill term newborns with acute heart failure and pulmonary hypertension in the absence of any underlying heart malformation and/or previous cardiosurgical procedures. During the neonatal period, levosimendan may represent an ideal drug for immature myocardium characterized by a higher calcium-dependent contractility than in adults.",
keywords = "Heart failure, Levosimendan, Pulmonary hypertension, Heart failure, Levosimendan, Pulmonary hypertension",
author = "Marco Piastra and Giorgio Conti and {De Rosa}, Gabriella and {De Carolis}, {Maria Pia} and Iliana Bersani and Manuela Pardeo and Eleonora Stival and Costantino Romagnoli and 33182 and FACOLTA', {DI MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA {"}A.GEMELLI{"}} and {ROMA - Dipartimento di Scienze biotecnologiche di base}, {cliniche intensivologiche e perioperatorie} and 33186 and pubblica, {ROMA - Dipartimento di Scienze della vita e sanit{\`a}} and A Tempera",
year = "2012",
doi = "10.1159/000329848",
language = "English",
pages = "201--205",
journal = "Neonatology",
issn = "1661-7800",
publisher = "Basel : S. Karger, cop. 2007-",
}