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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1989-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
Radionuclide measurements of ejection fraction were used to assess immediate and late postoperative ventricular function after the use of either a pulmonary artery vent (group A) or a left ventricular vent (group B) in 20 patients undergoing aortic valve replacement for pure aortic stenosis. Ten patients were included in each group and anesthetic techniques, patient management, and septal temperatures were similar in all cases. No significant difference was found between the preoperative and immediate or 6-week postoperative ejection fractions, either taken overall or between the two groups (p greater than 0.05; Student's t test). No correlation was found between cross-clamp time, bypass time, or the occurrence of ventricular fibrillation and the immediate postoperative ejection fraction (p greater than 0.05; Student's t test). There was no significant difference in the incidence of ventricular fibrillation after each type of vent had been used (chi 1(0) = 3.32; p greater than 0.05). We did not demonstrate any abnormalities in regional wall motion associated with apical insertion of a left ventricular vent, and conclude that pulmonary artery and left ventricular vents are equally satisfactory in terms of postoperative ventricular performance.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0003-4975
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
48
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
699-703
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1989
pubmed:articleTitle
Pulmonary artery versus left ventricular venting: a radioisotope study of left ventricular function.
pubmed:affiliation
Walsgrave Hospital, Coventry, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article