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Section Type: RESULTS

Text: At 24 hours after the index intervention, patients treated with levosimendan (n = 26) showed a significant reduction of the isovolumetric relaxation time (114. 6 + / - 15. 1-69. 2 + / - 5. 6 milliseconds ; P =. 001) and the ratio between the early diastolic flow and early tissue velocity (E/E') (21. 4 + / - 10. 7-12. 8 + / - 7. 3 ; P =. 04), and a significant increase of the ratio between the early and late diastolic flow (E/A) (0. 86 + / - 0. 33-1. 52 + / - 0. 88 ; P =. 03) and E'(6. 4-7. 9 cm/s ; P =. 001).