Abstract: | ObjectiveTo study the effect of levosimendan in the treatment of elderly heart failure patients underwent urgent hip fracture repairment.
MethodsA retrospective analysis was performed in the First Hospital of Handan from January 2013 to December 2016, including 64 (30 femoral neck fracture, 34 intertrochanteric fracture) elderly hip fractures conforming to inclusion criteria. Patients were divided into levosimendan group and control group according to the application of levosimendan, the levosimendan group had 32 cases same as the control group. The left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), b-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and cardiac output (CO), cardiac index (CI) before application of levosimendanat 24 h and 7 d after surgery were compared to evaluate the curative effect of levosimendan.
ResultsLVEF, CO, CI at 24 h and 7 d after syrgery in Leosimendan group were significantly higher than control group (LVEF: t=2.428, t=3.150; CI: t=3.349, t=3.777; CO: t=2.615, t=2.620, P<0.05), BNP levels at 24 h and 7 d after surgery in leosimendan group was significantly lower than the control group, with statistical significance (t=2.989, t=2.693, P<0.05).
ConclusionLevosimendan can be used to improve heart function and prognosis of elderly hip fracture with heart failure by regulating perioperative hemodynamic index. |