Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Aug 2018
Observational StudyEvaluation of Cardiac Index and Extravascular Lung Water After Single-Lung Transplantation Using the Transpulmonary Thermodilution Technique by the PiCCO2 Device.
First evaluation of the transpulmonary thermodilution technique by the PiCCO2 device to assess cardiac index and pulmonary edema during the postoperative course after single-lung transplantation. ⋯ PiCCO2 device systematically overestimated cardiac index compared with pulmonary artery catheter. However, it might be useful to assess pulmonary edema in acute respiratory failure after single-lung transplantation.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Aug 2018
Utility of Angle Correction for Hemodynamic Measurements with Doppler Echocardiography.
The routine application angle correction (AnC) in hemodynamic measurements with transesophageal echocardiography currently is not recommended but potentially could be beneficial. The authors hypothesized that AnC can be applied reliably and may change grading of aortic stenosis (AS). ⋯ AnC can be performed with a modest inter-rater and intra-rater correlation and high degree of inter-rater and intra-rater agreement for AS severity grading.