Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 250-256 , April 2010

Validity of an Arterial Pressure Waveform Analysis Device: Does the Puncture Site Play a Role in the Agreement With Intermittent Pulmonary Artery Catheter Thermodilution Measurements?

  • Sebastian Schramm, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to Sebastian Schramm, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital of Lausanne, CH-1011 Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Eric Albrecht, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Philippe Frascarolo, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Pierre-Guy Chassot, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland
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  • Donat R. Spahn, MD, FRCA

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

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 Supported by departmental funds and Edwards Lifescience, LLC (Irvine, CA) who delivered the Vigileo monitors and the FloTrac transducers.

 The impact of the arterial puncture site is not negligible, when the FloTrac/Vigileo system is used to measure hemodynamic data. Compared with the thermodilution bolus technique using the pulmonary artery catheter, large differences were observed. Therefore, the use of this device should be questioned in cardiac surgery.

 In the past 5 years, D.R.S. has received honoraria or travel support for consulting or lecturing from the following companies: Abbott AG, Baar, Switzerland; Alliance Pharmaceutical Corp, San Diego, CA; AstraZeneca AG, Zug, Switzerland; Bayer (Schweiz) AG, Zürich, Switzerland; B. Braun Melsungen AG, Melsungen, Germany; CSL Behring GmbH, Hattersheim am Main, Germany; Fresenius SE, Bad Homburg v.d.H., Germany; Galenica AG, Bern, Switzerland (including Vifor SA, Villars-sur-Glâne, Switzerland); GlaxoSmithKline GmbH & Co KG, Hamburg, Germany; Janssen-Cilag AG, Baar, Switzerland; Novo Nordisk A/S, Bagsvärd, Denmark; Octapharma AG, Lachen, Switzerland; Organon AG, Pfäffikon/SZ, Switzerland; and Roche Pharma (Schweiz) AG, Reinach, Switzerland.

PII: S1053-0770(09)00211-0

doi: 10.1053/j.jvca.2009.05.029

Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
Volume 24, Issue 2 , Pages 250-256 , April 2010

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