100
Participants
Start Date
January 31, 2005
Primary Completion Date
February 28, 2007
Study Completion Date
February 28, 2007
levosimendan
24 μg/kg administered as a slow i.v. 50 ml bolus through the central venous port of a pulmonary artery catheter over the 10 minutes before initiation of CPB
Placebo
an identical-appearing placebo prepared and labelled by the pharmacy was administered as a slow i.v. 50 ml bolus through the central venous port of a pulmonary artery catheter over the 10 minutes before initiation of CPB
"University of Rome Sapienza", Rome
University College London Hospitals
OTHER
University of Roma La Sapienza
OTHER