• Dopexamine after heart surgery: An uncommonly used, though useful inotropic agent 

      Tagarakis, G. I.; Stylianakis, G. E.; Tsilimingas, N. B. (2010)
      A great variety of inotropic agents with different effects on peripheral vascular resistance have been employed in the endeavor to treat heart failure after cardiac surgery. Epinephrine, norepinephrine, dopamine and ...
    • Repetitive use of levosimendan in advanced heart failure: need for stronger evidence in a field in dire need of a useful therapy 

      Pölzl G., Altenberger J., Baholli L., Beltrán P., Borbély A., Comin-Colet J., Delgado J.F., Fedele F., Fontana A., Fruhwald F., Giamouzis G., Giannakoulas G., Garcia-González M.J., Gustafsson F., Kaikkonen K., Kivikko M., Kubica J., von Lewinski D., Löfman I., Malfatto G., Manito N., Martínez-Sellés M., Masip J., Merkely B., Morandi F., Mølgaard H., Oliva F., Pantev E., Papp Z., Perna G.P., Pfister R., Piazza V., Bover R., Rangel-Sousa D., Recio-Mayoral A., Reinecke A., Rieth A., Sarapohja T., Schmidt G., Seidel M., Störk S., Vrtovec B., Wikström G., Yerly P., Pollesello P. (2017)
      Patients in the latest stages of heart failure are severely compromised, with poor quality of life and frequent hospitalizations. Heart transplantation and left ventricular assist device implantation are viable options ...