TY - JOUR AU - Pölzl, Gerhard AU - Altenberger, Johann AU - Baholli, Loant AU - Beltrán, Paola AU - Borbély, Attila AU - Comin-Colet, Josep AU - Delgado, Juan F AU - Fedele, Francesco AU - Fontana, Antonella AU - Fruhwald, Friedrich AU - Giamouzis, Gregory AU - Giannakoulas, George AU - Garcia-González, Martín J AU - Gustafsson, Finn AU - Kaikkonen, Kari AU - Kivikko, Matti AU - Kubica, Jacek AU - von Lewinski, Dirk AU - Löfman, Ida AU - Malfatto, Gabriella AU - Manito, Nicolás AU - Martínez-Sellés, Martin AU - Masip, Josep AU - Merkely, Bela AU - Morandi, Fabrizio AU - Mølgaard, Henning AU - Oliva, Fabrizio AU - Pantev, Emil AU - Papp, Zoltán AU - Perna, Gian Piero AU - Pfister, Roman AU - Piazza, Vito AU - Bover, Ramón AU - Rangel-Sousa, Diego AU - Recio-Mayoral, Alejandro AU - Reinecke, Alexander AU - Rieth, Andreas AU - Sarapohja, Toni AU - Schmidt, Gunter AU - Seidel, Mirko AU - Störk, Stefan AU - Vrtovec, Bojan AU - Wikström, Gerhard AU - Yerly, Patrik AU - Pollesello, Piero PY - 2017 DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2017.05.081 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10668/11256 T2 - International journal of cardiology AB - 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 only for a minority, and... LA - en KW - Advanced heart failure KW - Clinical trial KW - Composite end-point KW - Intermittent KW - Levosimendan KW - Repetitive KW - Administration, Oral KW - Cardiotonic Agents KW - Clinical Trials as Topic KW - Consensus Development Conferences as Topic KW - Drug Administration Schedule KW - Europe KW - Evidence-Based Medicine KW - Heart Failure KW - Humans KW - Hydrazones KW - Infusions, Intravenous KW - Pyridazines KW - Rome KW - Simendan TI - Repetitive use of levosimendan in advanced heart failure: need for stronger evidence in a field in dire need of a useful therapy. TY - research article VL - 243 ER -