Levosimendan Efficacy and Safety: 20 years of SIMDAX in Clinical Use

• Zoltán Papp,
• Piergiuseppe Agostoni,
• Julian Alvarez,
• Dominique Bettex,
• Stefan Bouchez,
• Dulce Brito,
• Vladimir Černý,
• Josep Comin-Colet,
• Marisa G Crespo-Leiro,
• Juan F Delgado,
• Istvan Édes,
• Alexander A Eremenko,
• Dimitrios Farmakis,
• Francesco Fedele,
• Cândida Fonseca,
• Sonja Fruhwald,
• Massimo Girardis,
• Fabio Guarracino,
• Veli-Pekka Harjola,
• Matthias Heringlake,
• Antoine Herpain,
• Leo MA Heunks,
• Tryggve Husebye,
• Višnja Ivancan,
• Kristjan Karason,
• Sundeep Kaul,
• Matti Kivikko,
• Janek Kubica,
• Josep Masip,
• Simon Matskeplishvili,
• Alexandre Mebazaa,
• Markku S Nieminen,
• Fabrizio Oliva,
• Julius-Gyula Papp,
• John Parissis,
• Alexander Parkhomenko,
• Pentti Põder,
• Gerhard Pölzl,
• Alexander Reinecke,
• Sven-Erik Ricksten,
• Hynek Riha,
• Alain Rudiger,
• Toni Sarapohja,
• Robert HG Schwinger,
• Wolfgang Toller,
• Luigi Tritapepe,
• Carsten Tschöpe,
• Gerhard Wikström,
• Dirk von Lewinski,
• Bojan Vrtovec,
• Piero Pollesello

Affiliations

Zoltán Papp

Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Piergiuseppe Agostoni

Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Centro Cardiologico Monzino, IRCCS, Milan, Italy

Julian Alvarez

Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Dominique Bettex

Institute of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Stefan Bouchez

Department of Anaesthesiology, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Dulce Brito

Cardiology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte, CCUI, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

Vladimir Černý

Department of Anaesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care, Masaryk Hospital, J.E. Purkinje University, Usti nad Labem, Czech Republic

Josep Comin-Colet

Heart Diseases Institute, Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain

Marisa G Crespo-Leiro

Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC), CIBERCV, Instituto de Investigacion Biomedica A Coruña (INIBIC), Universidad de a Coruña (UDC), La Coruña, Spain

Juan F Delgado

Heart Failure and Transplant Program, Cardiology Department, University Hospital 12 Octubre, Madrid, Spain

Istvan Édes

Department of Cardiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Alexander A Eremenko

Department of Cardiac Intensive Care, Petrovskii National Research Centre of Surgery, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia

Dimitrios Farmakis

Department of Cardiology, Medical School, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus

Francesco Fedele

Department of Cardiovascular, Respiratory, Nephrology, Anaesthesiology and Geriatric Sciences, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Cândida Fonseca

Heart Failure Clinic, São Francisco Xavier Hospital, CHLO, Lisbon, Portugal

Sonja Fruhwald

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Division of Anaesthesiology for Cardiovascular Surgery and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Massimo Girardis

Struttura Complessa di Anestesia 1, Policlinico di Modena, Modena, Italy

Fabio Guarracino

Dipartimento di Anestesia e Terapie Intensive, Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria Pisana, Pisa, Italy

Veli-Pekka Harjola

Emergency Medicine, Meilahti Central University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

Matthias Heringlake

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University of Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Antoine Herpain

Department of Intensive Care, Hôpital Erasme, Brussels, Belgium

Leo MA Heunks

Department of Intensive Care Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

Tryggve Husebye

Department of Cardiology, Oslo University Hospital Ullevaal, Oslo, Norway

Višnja Ivancan

Department of Anaesthesiology, Reanimatology and Intensive Care, University Hospital Centre, Zagreb, Croatia

Kristjan Karason

Departments of Cardiology and Transplantation, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Sundeep Kaul

Intensive Care Unit, National Health Service, Leeds, UK

Matti Kivikko

Global Medical Affairs, R&D, Orion Pharma, Espoo, Finland

Janek Kubica

Department of Cardiology and Internal Medicine, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Torun, Poland

Josep Masip

Intensive Care Department, Consorci Sanitari Integral, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain

Simon Matskeplishvili

Lomonosov Moscow State University Medical Centre, Moscow, Russia

Alexandre Mebazaa

Department of Anaesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, AP-HP, Saint Louis and Lariboisière University Hospitals, Paris, France

Markku S Nieminen

Sydäntutkimussäätiö, Helsinki, Finland

Fabrizio Oliva

Department of Cardiology, Niguarda Ca’Granda Hospital, Milan, Italy

Julius-Gyula Papp

MTA-SZTE Research Group of Cardiovascular Pharmacology, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary

John Parissis

Second Department of Cardiology, Attikon University Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece

Alexander Parkhomenko

Emergency Cardiology Department, National Scientific Centre MD Strazhesko Institute of Cardiology, Kiev, Ukraine

Pentti Põder

Department of Cardiology, North Estonia Medical Centre, Tallinn, Estonia

Gerhard Pölzl

Department of Internal Medicine III, Cardiology and Angiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

Alexander Reinecke

Klinik für Innere Medizin III, Kardiologie, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel, Germany

Sven-Erik Ricksten

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden

Hynek Riha

Cardiothoracic Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic

Alain Rudiger

Department of Medicine, Spittal Limmattal, Schlieren, Switzerland

Toni Sarapohja

Statistical Services, R&D, Orion Pharma, Espoo, Finland

Robert HG Schwinger

Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum Weiden, Teaching Hospital of University of Regensburg, Weiden, Germany

Wolfgang Toller

Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Luigi Tritapepe

Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Division, San Camillo-Forlanini Hospital, Rome, Italy

Carsten Tschöpe

Department of Cardiology, Campus Virchow Klinikum, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Gerhard Wikström

Institute of Medical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Dirk von Lewinski

Department of Cardiology, Myokardiale Energetik und Metabolismus Research Unit, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Bojan Vrtovec

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplantation Centre, Department of Cardiology, University Clinical Centre, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Piero Pollesello

Critical Care Proprietary Products, Orion Pharma, Espoo, Finland