Cardiogenic shock is the most common cause of death in patients hospitalized with acute
myocardial infarction and is associated with a poor prognosis. More than 75% of cases are …

Congestive heart failure may result from cardiovascular overload, from systolic or from
diastolic dysfunction. Diastolic left ventricular dysfunction may result from structural …

Background Experimental studies have related the cardioprotective effects of sevoflurane
both to preconditioning properties and to beneficial effects during reperfusion. In clinical …

Background Sevoflurane has been shown to protect against myocardial ischemia and
reperfusion injury in animals. The present study investigated whether these effects were …

Objective: We hypothesized that measuring stroke volume variation (SVV) during
mechanical ventilation by continuous arterial pulse contour analysis allows the accurate …

Objective Stroke volume variation as measured by the analysis of the arterial pressure
waveform enables prediction of volume responsiveness in ventilated patients with normal …

Background The present study investigated the effects of propofol, desflurane, and
sevoflurane on recovery of myocardial function in high-risk coronary surgery patients. High …

Background Volatile anesthetics protect the myocardium during coronary surgery. This study
hypothesized that the use of a volatile agent in the anesthetic regimen would be associated …

Impaired shortening deactivation of cardiac myocytes could sustain myocardial contraction,
preserving ejection fraction at the expense of diastolic dysfunction. We examined the …

Assessment of diastolic function should be a component of a comprehensive perioperative
transesophageal echocardiographic examination. Abnormal diastolic function exists in 50 …