EFFECT OF LEVOSIMENDAN, A CALCIUM SENSITIZER, ON RENAL HEMODYNAMICS IN L-NAME INDUCED HYPERTENSIVE RATS

Objective:Levosimendan acts preferentially by increasing the sensitivity of troponin C to calcium in myocardial cells. In addition, it also causes vasodilatation by opening the ATP-sensitive potassium channels in smooth muscle cells. We investigated the effect of levosimendan on renal hemodynamics a