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Determination of Cardiac Output in a Porcine Model for Ex Vivo Pulmonary Perfusion
Published on: June 28, 2024
The 2-bodied continuous cardiac output catheter
Prabhat Tewari1, Sushil Kumar Singh, Neeraj Kale
1Department of Anaesthetics, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham NG5 1PB, United Kingdom. ptewari123@yahoo.co.in
Abstract:
Continuous cardiac output (CCO) pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) are used in cardiac surgical patients for hemodynamic monitoring. This is an invasive technique; therefore, it has well-known mechanical and infectious complications related to its use. Associated problems, more commonly noticed, are catheter malfunctions and malpositions. We present a case in which a CCO catheter appeared to have a double body on radiologic diagnosis. This resulted in extra radiography for rechecking and careful clinical reevaluation of the monitored data.
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