Quantitative assessment of cardiac load-responsiveness during extracorporeal life support: case and rationale
<p>Abstract</p> <p>We describe a case of a patient assisted by extracorporeal life support, in which we obtained the dynamic filling index, a measure for venous volume during extracorporeal life support, and used this index to assess cardiac load-responsiveness during acute reloadi...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2010-04-01
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| Series: | Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| Online Access: | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/30 |
| Summary: | <p>Abstract</p> <p>We describe a case of a patient assisted by extracorporeal life support, in which we obtained the dynamic filling index, a measure for venous volume during extracorporeal life support, and used this index to assess cardiac load-responsiveness during acute reloading. While reloading, the obtained findings on cardiac pump function by the dynamic filling index were supported by trans-esophageal echocardiography and standard pressure measurement. This suggests that the dynamic filling index can be used to assess cardiac load-responsiveness during extracorporeal life support.</p> |
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| ISSN: | 1749-8090 |