Increasing interest is being shown in beating heart (offpump) coronary artery surgery
(OPCAB) because, compared with operations performed with cardiopulmonary bypass …

www. chestjournal. org CHEST/127/1/JANUARY, 2005 379 ular when rapid fluid shifts
occur, as in patients with hypovolemic or distributive shock. LV systolic performance is …

IMPLICATIONS: A-type natriuretic peptide is primarily influenced by volume reloading of the
heart after cross-clamp, whereas the secretion of B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) is related …

OBJECTIVE: Patients receiving mechanical ventilation through an endotracheal tube are at
increased risk for pneumonia. Because microaspiration of contaminated supraglottic …

Hypothesis To evaluate the effects of high thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) on global and
regional myocardial function and on perioperative coronary risk in patients undergoing …

Objective: The purpose of this study was to compare dP/dtmax estimated from a femoral
artery pressure tracing to left ventricular (LV) dP/dtmax during various alterations in …

Background: Etomidate and Propofol are common anesthetic agents. Previous studies say
that Etomidate can be used in patients with limited hemodynamic reserve and Propofol can …

Background The results of two European multi-centre trials on xenon anaesthesia led to the
hypothesis that a xenon-based anaesthetic would keep left ventricular (LV) and circulatory …

Mechanical dyssynchrony is an important codeterminant of cardiac dysfunction in heart
failure. Treatment, either medical, surgical, or by pacing, may improve cardiac function partly …

IMPLICATIONS: We evaluated the effects of load changes on systolic mitral annular velocity
(Sm) by Tissue Doppler Imaging velocity. Our results show that Sm is dependent on …