TY - BOOK AU - Mai Abdelfattah Ahmed Madkour AU - Ahmed Mokhtar , AU - Azza Mohamed Ezzat , AU - Salwa Elhefnawy , TI - A comparative study between the effects of levosimendan versus milrinone on hemodynamics and left ventricular function after emergence from CPB in pediatric caridiac surgery / PY - 2011/// CY - Cairo : PB - Mai Abdelfattah Ahmed Madkour , KW - Congenital heart surgery KW - Levosimendan KW - Milrinone N1 - Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Anaesthesia; Issued also as CD N2 - The use of novel inotropes is increasing due to the increasing side effects of older inotropes including Epinephrine , Dobutamine , these side effects include arrhythmias and increasing cardiac Oxygen consumption . The aim of this study was to compare the effect of the novel Ca ⁺⁺ sensitizer Levosimendan with Milrinone which is a phosphodiestrase inhibitor on cardiac function and pulmonary artery pressure during congenital heart surgery for repair of VSD or A - V canals associated with pulmonary hypertension UR - http://172.23.153.220/th.pdf ER -