Post-hypothermic cardiac left ventricular systolic dysfunction after rewarming in an intact pig model
Ole Magnus Filseth1, Ole-Jakob How, Timofei Kondratiev
1Department of Anesthesiology, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Tromsø, N-9037 Tromsø, Norway. ole.magnus.filseth@unn.no
Critical Care (London, England)
|November 25, 2010
Summary
This study shows that severe hypothermia (25°C) and rewarming in pigs impairs systolic left ventricular function and increases cardiac troponin T, indicating potential cardiac tissue damage. Compensatory increases in heart rate and reduced vascular resistance were observed.
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