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Case Reports in Medicine
Volume 2010, Article ID 546904, 3 pages
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2010/546904
Case Report

Levosimendan as Treatment Option in Severe Verapamil Intoxication: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Mirjam Osthoff, Christine Bernsmeier, Stephan C. Marsch, and Patrick R. Hunziker

Medical Intensive Care Unit, University Hospital Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland

Received 20 January 2010; Revised 9 May 2010; Accepted 8 July 2010

Academic Editor: Bruno Megarbane

Copyright © 2010 Mirjam Osthoff et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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