Feasibility of measuring superior mesenteric artery blood flow during cardiac surgery under hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass using transesophageal echocardiography: An observational study

Background: Abdominal complications being rare but results in high mortality, commonly due to splanchnic organ hypoperfusion during the perioperative period of cardiac surgery. There are no feasible methods to monitor intraoperative superior mesenteric artery blood flow (SMABF). Hence, the aim of th...

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Main Authors: Naveen G Singh, P S Nagaraja, Divya Gopal, V Manjunath, K S Nagesh, N Manjunatha, Guru Police Patel, Satish Kumar Mishra
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2016-01-01
Series:Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
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Online Access:http://www.annals.in/article.asp?issn=0971-9784;year=2016;volume=19;issue=3;spage=399;epage=404;aulast=Singh