Figure 1.

Preoperative and postoperative N-GAL values.

Notes: The scatter graph shows N-GAL values before and after surgery in 27 patients preoperatively administered levosimendan and the mean of the N-GAL concentration in urine at these two time points. Preop was the preoperative values (before levosimendan) and postop was postoperative values (2 hours after ICU admission postsurgery). Mean values were 14.31 ng/mL prior to levosimendan infusion and 13.41 ng/mL 2 hours after ICU admission. The variations were not statistically significant (P>0.05).

Abbreviations: N-GAL, neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin; ICU, intensive care unit.