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The observational study published in this issue of IJCIIS Power et al., compared the reliability and effective usability of FloTracTM/Vigileo (FV) against the traditional pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) in the… Click to show full abstract
The observational study published in this issue of IJCIIS Power et al., compared the reliability and effective usability of FloTracTM/Vigileo (FV) against the traditional pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) in the setting of cardiothoracic surgery.[1] The authors also used echocardiography (transesophageal [TEE]/ transthoracic [TTE]) to aid in the comparison of the aforementioned devices, which is described as the first observational study of its kind. TTE/TEE echocardiography combined with PAC is defined as the gold standard by the authors in evaluating cardiac function in postoperative cardiothoracic surgery patients, and its use in this study served as control data.
Journal Title: International Journal of Critical Illness and Injury Science
Year Published: 2017
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