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Emergent Echocardiography in Noncardiac Surgical Patients
13 March 2012
THE USE OF transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during noncardiac surgery has grown exponentially in recent decades. In addition to its potential value as an intraoperative monitor in select situati...
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Kent H. Rehfeldt,
Harish Ramakrishna
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Use of Rapid “Rescue” Perioperative Echocardiography to Improve Outcomes After Hemodynamic Instability in Noncardiac Surgical Patients
06 January 2012
Objective: To investigate if modified “rescue” echocardiography enhanced management during perioperative hemodynamic instability in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. Design: A retrospective anal...
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Sasha K. Shillcutt,
Nicholas W. Markin,
Candice R. Montzingo,
Tara R. Brakke
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362-370
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Intraoperative Changes in Regional Wall Motion: Can Postoperative Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Failure Be Predicted?
30 March 2012
Objective: To evaluate the accuracy of new intraoperative regional wall motions abnormalities (RWMAs) detected by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) to predict early postoperative coronary artery ...
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Nathalie De Mey,
Pierre Couture,
Maxime Laflamme,
André Y. Denault,
Louis P. Perrault,
Alain Deschamps,
Antoine G. Rochon
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371-375
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Cardiopulmonary Bypass Transiently Inhibits Intraventricular Vortex Ring Formation in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
26 December 2011
Objective: Transmitral blood flow during early left ventricular (LV) filling produces an intraventricular rotational body of fluid known as a “vortex ring” that enhances the hydraulic efficiency of ea...
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Paul S. Pagel,
Sweeta D. Gandhi,
Zafar Iqbal,
Judith A. Hudetz
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376-380
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Respiratory Variations of R-Wave Amplitude in Lead II Are Correlated With Stroke Volume Variations Evaluated by Transesophageal Doppler Echocardiography
29 March 2012
Objective: The authors hypothesized that variations in electrocardiographically derived R-wave amplitude might be correlated with mechanical ventilation-induced variations in stroke volume as determin...
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Emmanuel Lorne,
Yazine Mahjoub,
Pierre-Grégoire Guinot,
Yannick Fournier,
Matthieu Detave,
Cyrille Pila,
Ammar Ben Ammar,
Beatris Labont,
Elie Zogheib,
Hervé Dupont
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381-386
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Pulse Pressure Variation Predicts Fluid Responsiveness in Elderly Patients After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
18 November 2011
Objective: To assess the ability of pulse pressure variation to predict fluid responsiveness in mechanically ventilated elderly patients after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Design: A prospecti...
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Alexandre Yazigi,
Eliane Khoury,
Sani Hlais,
Samia Madi-Jebara,
Fadia Haddad,
Gemma Hayek,
Khalil Jabbour
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387-390
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Impact of Patients' Positions on the Incidence of Arrhythmias During Pulmonary Artery Catheterization
04 January 2012
Objective: The complication of cardiac arrhythmias during pulmonary artery catheterization (PAC) may be related to the position of the patient. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to determine th...
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Tanyong Pipanmekaporn,
Nutchanart Bunchungmongkol,
Pathomporn Pin on,
Yodying Punjasawadwong
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391-394
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Volatile Anesthetics Reduce Biochemical Markers of Brain Injury and Brain Magnesium Disorders in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
30 December 2011
Objectives: Neuropsychological disorders are some of the most common complications of coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. The early diagnosis of postoperative brain damage is difficult and ma...
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Wojciech Dabrowski,
Ziemowit Rzecki,
Marek Czajkowski,
Jacek Pilat,
Piotr Wacinski,
Edyta Kotlinska,
Małgorzata Sztanke,
Krzysztof Sztanke,
Krzysztof Stazka,
Kazimierz Pasternak
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395-402
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Morphine Reduces the Threshold of Remote Ischemic Preconditioning Against Myocardial Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury in Rats: The Role of Opioid Receptors
10 October 2011
Objectives: Opioid receptors mediate the cardioprotection of remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC). The authors tested the hypothesis that morphine reduces the threshold of cardioprotection produced ...
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Yao Lu,
Chun-Shan Dong,
Jun-ma Yu,
Hong Li
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403-406
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Fenoldopam and Acute Renal Failure in Cardiac Surgery: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Placebo-Controlled Trials
30 March 2012
Objective: Because at present no pharmacologic prevention or treatment of acute kidney injury seems to be available, the authors updated a meta-analysis to investigate the effects of fenoldopam in red...
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Alberto Zangrillo,
Giuseppe G.L. Biondi-Zoccai,
Elena Frati,
Remo Daniel Covello,
Luca Cabrini,
Fabio Guarracino,
Laura Ruggeri,
Tiziana Bove,
Elena Bignami,
Giovanni Landoni
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407-413
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Vascular Surgery Patients Prescribed Preoperative β-Blockers Experienced a Decrease in the Maximal Heart Rate Observed During Induction of General Anesthesia
06 December 2011
Objective: To investigate the association of preoperative β-blocker usage and maximal heart rates observed during the induction of general anesthesia. Design: Retrospective descriptive, univariate, an...
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Seshadri C. Mudumbai,
Todd Wagner,
Satish Mahajan,
Robert King,
Paul A. Heidenreich,
Mark Hlatky,
Arthur Wallace,
Edward R. Mariano
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414-419
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Socioeconomic Position Is Not Associated With 30-Day or 1-Year Mortality in Demographically Diverse Vascular Surgery Patients
28 October 2011
Objectives: Disparities in outcomes after surgical procedures have been attributed to race, sex, use of private insurance, and socioeconomic position (SEP). The purpose of this study was to determine ...
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Michael Mazzeffi,
Hung-Mo Lin,
Brigid C. Flynn
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420-426
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Characterization of Pulmonary and Systemic Inflammatory Responses Produced by Lung Re-expansion After One-Lung Ventilation
30 November 2011
Objectives: To characterize the pulmonary and systemic inflammatory responses of rats undergoing 1-hour or 3-hour one-lung ventilation (OLV) with subsequent 1-hour lung re-expansion. Design: A prospec...
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Camila Ferreira Leite,
Marina Ciarallo Calixto,
Ivan Felizardo Contrera Toro,
Edson Antunes,
Ricardo Kalaf Mussi
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427-432
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Anesthetic Management of Patients Undergoing Pulmonary Vein Isolation for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation Using High-Frequency Jet Ventilation
24 January 2012
Objectives: The aim of this study was to describe anesthetic management and perioperative complications in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation under g...
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Nabil Elkassabany,
Fermin Garcia,
Cory Tschabrunn,
Jesse Raiten,
William Gao,
Khan Chaichana,
Sanjay Dixit,
Rebecca M. Speck,
Erica Zado,
Francis Marchlinski,
Jeff Mandel
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433-438
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Parasternal Intercostal Block With Ropivacaine for Postoperative Analgesia in Pediatric Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Double-Blind, Randomized, Controlled Study
19 December 2011
Objective: The objective of this study was to assess the effectiveness of 0.5% ropivacaine used for parasternal intercostal blocks for postoperative analgesia in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac ...
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Vishal Chaudhary,
Sandeep Chauhan,
Minati Choudhury,
Usha Kiran,
Sumit Vasdev,
Sachin Talwar
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439-442
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Postoperative Respiratory Failure After Cardiac Surgery: Use of Noninvasive Ventilation
19 January 2012
Objectives: To analyze the use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) in respiratory failure after extubation in patients after cardiac surgery, the factors associated with respiratory failure, and the need...
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Manuel García-Delgado,
Inés Navarrete,
Maria José García-Palma,
Manuel Colmenero
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443-447
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The Effect of Different Lung-Protective Strategies in Patients During Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Meta-Analysis and Semiquantitative Review of Randomized Trials
30 March 2012
Objectives: A variety of lung-protective techniques, including continuous positive airway pressure and vital capacity maneuvers, have been suggested as beneficial when applied during cardiopulmonary b...
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Jan-Uwe Schreiber,
Marcus D. Lancé,
Marcel de Korte,
Thorsten Artmann,
Ivan Aleksic,
Peter Kranke
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Magic Bullets in Cardiac Anesthesia and Intensive Care
29 March 2012
Even if the first quasi-randomized study in history was published in 1747, there is still a need for evidence-based medicine. In the specific field of cardiac anesthesia, there are few magic bullets (...
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Giovanni Landoni,
Laura Ruggeri,
Alberto Zangrillo
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Transesophageal Echocardiography in the Management of Right Ventricular Bullet Embolization From the Left Brachiocephalic Vein
05 May 2011
BULLET EMBOLIZATION to the heart is a very rare occurrence that provides a diagnostic and therapeutic quandary. Although whether and how to intervene remain debatable, deciding on a care plan depends ...
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Wayne Soong,
Anna Katharina Beckmann,
Louis Lin,
Umraan S. Ahmad,
Edwin C. McGee
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459-461
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Do Not Blame the Arterial Catheter: A Case Report of Intraoperative Acute Leriche Syndrome
28 March 2011
COMPLETE AORTIC OCCLUSION is rare but potentially catastrophic. Acute aortic occlusion carries an early mortality of 31% to 52% and is caused either by embolic occlusion of the infrarenal aorta at its...
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Vijish Venugopal,
Mahadevan Ramachandran
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462-464
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Use of Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Under Regional Anesthesia for a High-Risk Rigid Bronchoscopy
05 May 2011
THERE ARE NUMEROUS indications for stent placement in the central respiratory tract. The mobilization or removal of such stents using a rigid bronchoscope may expose patients to potentially severe res...
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Maximilien Gourdin,
Christophe Dransart,
Luc Delaunois,
Yves A.G. Louagie,
André Gruslin,
Philippe Dubois
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465-467
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Air Lock and Embolism Upon Attempted Initiation of Cardiopulmonary Bypass While Using Vacuum-Assisted Venous Drainage
08 April 2011
VACUUM-ASSISTED VENOUS DRAINAGE (VAVD) for cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) improves venous drainage via small cannulae. Complications specific to VAVD are important to anticipate and recognize. A case of...
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Thomas M. Burch,
Adair Q. Locke
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468-470
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Prone Ventilation in the Management of Infants With Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome After Complex Cardiac Surgery
04 July 2011
ACUTE RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME (ARDS) after systemic infection is a known complication after congenital heart surgery. This can result in life-threatening hypoxemia in some critically ill infants...
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Rakhi Balachandran,
Suresh G. Nair,
Praveen C. Sivadasan,
Gopalraj S. Sunil,
Balu Vaidyanathan,
Jithin K. Sreedharan,
Chris Sara Mathew
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471-475
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Simulation in Echocardiography: An Ever-Expanding Frontier
12 March 2012
INNOVATIONS IN TECHNOLOGY have made it possible to create “virtual reality circumstances” of specific scenarios to refine training and education. Because of its virtual nature, ie, no consequences of ...
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Omair Shakil,
Feroze Mahmood,
Robina Matyal
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476-485
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State-of-the-Art Mechanical Ventilation
23 May 2011
THE CONCEPT OF artificial respiration was first recognized in the 16th century by Vesalius. However, it was not until the 20th century that mechanical ventilation became a widely used therapeutic moda...
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Marcin Karcz,
Alisa Vitkus,
Peter J. Papadakos,
David Schwaiberger,
Burkhard Lachmann
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486-506
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A Method for Automating 3-Dimensional Proximal Isovelocity Surface Area Measurement
13 February 2012
Objective: The proximal isovelocity surface area (PISA) is used for the echocardiographic quantification of effective orifice areas in valvular stenosis and regurgitation. Typically measured in 2 dime...
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Frederick C. Cobey,
Jennifer A. McInnis,
Brian J. Gelfand,
Mark A. Rapo,
Michael N. D'Ambra
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CASE 3—2012: Iatrogenic Circumflex Artery Injury During Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery
30 March 2012
IATROGENIC CIRCUMFLEX ARTERY INJURY during mitral valve surgery rarely has been reported. Although a handful of case reports can be found in the literature, no large case series identifying risk facto...
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Jennifer Banayan,
Richa Dhawan,
William J. Vernick,
Patrick M. McCarthy
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Case 4—2012: Intrathoracic Fire During Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
26 March 2012
OPERATING ROOM FIRES have been attracting increasing attention over the last several years with advisory publications from the Joint Commission, the Emergency Care Research Institute (ECRI) and the Am...
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D. Wesley Hudson,
Orin F. Guidry,
James H. Abernathy,
Jan Ehrenwerth
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Severe Tricuspid Valve Regurgitation: A Case for Laminar Flow
05 March 2012
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Frederick C. Cobey,
Maria Fritock,
Frederick W. Lombard,
Donald D. Glower,
Madhav Swaminathan
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Going With the Flow: The Dilemma of a Laminar Jet
12 March 2012
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Madhav Swaminathan,
Feroze Mahmood
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Perioperative Management of Pheochromocytoma: Focus on Magnesium, Clevidipine, and Vasopressin
24 February 2012
The perioperative management of pheochromocytomas requires meticulous anesthetic care. There has been considerable progress in its management, recently 3 agents that may be particularly advantageous t...
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Michael S. Lord,
John G.T. Augoustides
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526-531
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Persistent Chest Pain in a Polysubstance Abuser: An Unusual Consequence
13 January 2011
A 30-YEAR-OLD, 93-kg, 191-cm man with a history of active polysubstance abuse (cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol) and posttraumatic stress disorder presented to the authors' institution with severe, sha...
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Laurie A. Radojevich,
Paul S. Pagel
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Sudden Onset of Atrial Flutter During Continuous Venovenous Hemodialysis
13 January 2011
A 56-YEAR-OLD MAN was admitted to the authors' intensive care unit with an exacerbation of congestive heart failure concomitant with hypotension (80/49 mmHg) and hyperkalemia (6.2 mmol/L). The patient...
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Marek Brzezinski,
Jasleen Kukreja,
John D. Mitchell,
Paul S. Pagel,
Rosalie F. Tassone
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Device Closure of an Atrial Septal Defect: An Unexpected Stumbling Block
14 February 2011
A 7-YEAR-OLD, 23-kg, 130-cm girl was admitted to the authors' institution for a device closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD). She had her initial outpatient clinic review when she was 1 year old fo...
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Eapen Thomas,
Salim Nasser Al-Maskari,
Madan Mohan Maddali,
Md Shamsuz Zoha
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Cardiac Calendar—2012 TO 2013
30 March 2012
Second International Congress, Anesthesia for Seniors. Prague, Czech Republic. June 7-9, 2012. Contact: www.anesthesiaforseniors2012.cz.
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George Silvay
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Timing Is Everything
26 March 2012
With great interest, we read the cohort study of Stransky et al focusing on hypoactive delirium in cardiosurgical patients. Of 467 patients, 54 (11.6%) developed early-onset delirium on days 1 through...
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Andreas Edel,
Sascha Tafelski,
Irit Nachtigall,
Claudia Spies
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Response to Edel et al
26 March 2012
We would like to thank Dr Edel et al for the comments regarding our article and the editors of the Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia for the opportunity to respond to those comments. T...
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Benedikt Trabold,
Bernhard M. Graf
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Role of Ketamine in the Management of Pulmonary Hypertension and Right Ventricular Failure
24 February 2012
We read with interest the excellent review by Strumpher and Jacobsohn of pulmonary hypertension and right ventricular dysfunction. However, we take issue with the authors' statement during their discu...
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Bryan G. Maxwell,
Ethan Jackson
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Response to Drs Maxwell and Jackson
24 February 2012
We appreciate the comments Drs Maxwell and Jackson on the use of ketamine as a coinduction and/or coanalgesic agent in patients with pulmonary hypertension. We agree that earlier studies mostly were c...
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Johann Strumpher,
Eric Jacobsohn
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The Effects of Gabapentin on Acute and Chronic Postoperative Pain After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
24 February 2012
We read with interest the article by Ucak et al on the effects of gabapentin on acute and chronic postoperative pain after coronary artery bypass graft surgery; however, there are some points that des...
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Juan Graterol,
S.P.K. Linter
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Response to Drs Graterol and Linter
24 February 2012
We would like to thank Drs Graterol and Linter for their suggestions on our study about the effects of gabapentin on postoperative pain after cardiac surgery.
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Alper Ucak,
Burak Onan,
Huseyin Sen,
Ismail Selcuk,
Alparslan Turan,
Ahmet Turan Yilmaz
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Use of Near-Infrared Spectroscopy in Combination With Monitoring of External Jugular Vein Pressure for Early Detection of Cerebral Ischemia by Unintentional Superior Vena Cava Obstruction
05 March 2012
In the resection of tumors infiltrating near the superior vena cava (SVC), the SVC can be occluded unintentionally by surgical manipulations. Because an SVC obstruction results in cerebral ischemia an...
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Ryoko Ito,
Koichi Takita,
Kazuyuki Mizunoya,
Atsunori Kida,
Yuji Morimoto
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What Is the Optimal Practice of Analgesia for Post-thoracotomy Pain?
05 March 2012
We read with interest the recent article by Grider et al in which they studied 75 consecutive patients presenting for thoracotomy with thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA) or continuous paravertebral inf...
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Yong Xin Liang,
Li Jiang Sun,
Hai Chen Chu
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Response to Drs Liang, Sun, and Chu
05 March 2012
We appreciate the interest of Drs Liang et al in the important topic of postoperative analgesia for patients undergoing thoracotomy. Despite numerous clinical studies, controversies remain as to the b...
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Jay S. Grider,
Paul A. Sloan
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Ultrasound-Guided Cannulation of Radial Artery With Anatomic Variation
24 February 2012
Arterial cannulation usually is performed to allow continuous blood pressure monitoring and frequent arterial blood sampling. Approximately 8 million and 2.5 million arterial catheters are placed year...
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Gökhan İnangil,
Süleyman Deniz,
Hüseyin Şen
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e30-e31
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