Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Oct 2010
Comparative StudyComparison of the endotracheal cardiac output monitor to thermodilution in cardiac surgery patients.
To compare cardiac output (CO) measurements from a novel endotracheal bioimpedance cardiac output monitor device (ECOM; ConMed, Irvine, CA) to simultaneous pulmonary artery thermodilution (TD) CO. ⋯ ECOM did not adequately agree with TD in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.