Figure 2.

Preoperative and postoperative neuron-specific enolase values.

Notes: The scatter graph shows neuron-specific enolase values before and after surgery in 27 patients preoperatively administered levosimendan and the medians of neuron-specific enolase concentrations 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). The median values were 5.4 ng/mL prior to levosimendan infusion and 4.32 ng/mL 2 hours after ICU admission. The variations were not statistically significant (P>0.05).

Abbreviation: ICU, intensive care unit.