Open AccessChange in right ventricular function during off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery
Author(s) -
Young Lan Kwak,
Young Jun Oh,
Simon Jung,
Kicheon Yoo,
Ji Hyun Lee,
Youngtaek Hong
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
european journal of cardio-thoracic surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.303
H-Index - 133
eISSN - 1873-734X
pISSN - 1010-7940
DOI - 10.1016/j.ejcts.2004.01.005
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , ventricular function , artery , coronary artery bypass surgery , off pump coronary artery bypass , surgery , bypass grafting
Hemodynamic derangement during displacement of beating heart in off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (OPCAB) surgery might be related with right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. We evaluated RV function and hemodynamic alterations using a thermodilution pulmonary artery catheter.
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