Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Oct 2017
Thoracic Epidural Anesthesia Reversed Myocardial Fibrosis in Patients With Heart Failure Caused by Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
To verify that high thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) could reverse myocardial fibrosis in heart failure caused by dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). ⋯ TEA plus OMT could reverse myocardial fibrosis and improve cardiac function in patients with heart failure caused by DCM.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · Oct 2017
Transesophageal Echocardiography, 3-Dimensional and Speckle Tracking Together as Sensitive Markers for Early Outcome in Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction Undergoing Cardiac Surgery.
Speckle tracking, when combined with 3-dimensional (3D) left ventricular ejection fraction, might prove to be a more sensitive marker for postoperative ventricular dysfunction. This study investigated early outcomes in a cohort of patients with left ventricular dysfunction undergoing cardiac surgery. ⋯ Preoperative left ventricular global longitudinal strain (-6%) and 3D left ventricular ejection fraction (19%) together could act as predictor of postoperative low-cardiac-output states with high sensitivity (99.9%) in patients undergoing cardiac surgery.