TY - JOUR
T1 - Carbon dioxide field flooding minimizes residual intracardiac air after open heart operations
AU - Webb, Watts R.
AU - Harrison, Lynn H.
AU - Helmcke, Frederic R.
AU - Camino-Lopez, Asuncion
AU - Munfakh, Nabil A.
AU - Heck, Herman A.
AU - Moulder, Peter V.
PY - 1997/11
Y1 - 1997/11
N2 - Transesophageal echocardiographic studies were used to monitor the presence of air bubbles in the heart after open heart operations. After cardiac valvular procedures all 22 patients managed with careful deairing procedures had persistence of air bubbles for at least 30 minutes and usually for 45 minutes. In 56 patients with CO2 field flooding, all foam disappeared in less than 1 minute in 48 patients and the remaining 8 had complete disappearance in 1 to 24 minutes. These observations demonstrate the ineffectiveness of the usual deairing maneuvers and the effectiveness of CO2 field flooding in displacing air.
AB - Transesophageal echocardiographic studies were used to monitor the presence of air bubbles in the heart after open heart operations. After cardiac valvular procedures all 22 patients managed with careful deairing procedures had persistence of air bubbles for at least 30 minutes and usually for 45 minutes. In 56 patients with CO2 field flooding, all foam disappeared in less than 1 minute in 48 patients and the remaining 8 had complete disappearance in 1 to 24 minutes. These observations demonstrate the ineffectiveness of the usual deairing maneuvers and the effectiveness of CO2 field flooding in displacing air.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00945-4
DO - 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00945-4
M3 - Article
C2 - 9386737
AN - SCOPUS:0030730140
SN - 0003-4975
VL - 64
SP - 1489
EP - 1491
JO - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
JF - Annals of Thoracic Surgery
IS - 5
ER -