Title |
Noninvasive Cardiac Output Measurement in Heart Failure Subjects on Circulatory Support
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Published in |
Anesthesia and analgesia, March 2009
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DOI | 10.1213/ane.0b013e318193174b |
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Authors |
Rob Phillips, Peter Lichtenthal, Julie Sloniger, Darryl Burstow, Malcolm West, Jack Copeland |
Abstract |
Pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) thermodilution is commonly used in the perioperative cardiac surgical intensive care unit for measurement and management of central hemodynamics despite questions about effectiveness, difficulty of use, and safety. USCOM is a noninvasive continuous wave Doppler device for direct measurement of cardiac output (CO) and is an alternative to PAC. USCOM validation has predominantly been in the cardiac surgical intensive care unit against PAC, despite the recognized limitations in reliability of the method. We compared USCOM CO measurements with the CardioWest, an orthotopic total artificial heart (TAH), in heart failure (HF) subjects during controlled interventions. |
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