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Filter by:The purpose of this study is to determine sevoflurane's dose-dependent effect on left ventricular (LV) function in cardiac surgery. The change of tissue Doppler imaging (TDI) of lateral mitral valve annular velocity at three different sevoflurane concentrations would be analyzed by using intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE)in cardiac surgery patients.
During induction for cardiac surgery, patient hemodynamic stability is achieved by using anesthetic drugs which least affects hemodynamics such as benzodiazepines, etomidate. Etomidate although has been used for a long time but its safety regarding cortisol synthesis suppression is still doubtful. This study measures the changes in cortisol levels during cardiac surgery with the use of cardiopulmonary bypass by comparison between two inductive agents (etomidate and thiopentone). Recording data also include hemodynamic changes during induction, inotropic use for coming of cardiopulmonary bypass, blood glucose levels, amount of insulin usage, length of ICU and hospital saty.
Anesthesia practice in the 21st century is increasingly outcomes-oriented and evidence-based, but there remain significant gaps in our knowledge, even for commonly-encountered clinical situations. Currently, the two most commonly used drugs used for maintenance of anesthesia in cardiac surgical patients are isoflurane and sevoflurane. There is a belief among many cardiac anesthesiologists that sevoflurane is a better cardiac anesthetic than isoflurane, but there is very little data to support this notion. In fact, very little is known about their comparative effects on important patient outcomes because there has not been a large head-to-head prospective randomized clinical trial. This project will supply the data necessary to critically compare the two anesthetics.
The objective of this study is to determine whether the finger tip images captured by the EPIC ClearView device, when analyzed via the ClearView software, produce a Response Scale that characterizes trends consistent with known diagnoses identified by medical doctors. Specifically, the investigators hypothesize that the organ system involving any of a series of known active diagnoses will be identified in the EPIC ClearView Response Scale report with the intention of providing potential triage capabilities.
The purpose of the study is to study if coronary angiography cause cognitive dysfunction.
Pulmonary dysfunction after cardiac surgery with CPB remains to be a problem complicating the postoperative course of the patients. The investigators hypothesized that RIPCcom, combined intervention of remote ischemic preconditioning and remote ischemic postconditioning, would confer beneficial influence on inflammatory response and resultant postoperative pulmonary dysfunction after CPB in patients undergoing complex valvular heart surgery who are at increased risk of postoperative pulmonary dysfunction.The aim of this study was to evaluate the lung-protective effect of combined remote ischemic pre- and post-conditioning in patients undergoing complex valvular heart surgery.
Sleep disordered breathing, especially central sleep apnea, is common in patients with chronic heart failure. Heart valve replacement could have some effect on central sleep apnea. The aim of the study is to investigate effect of heart valve replacement on Cheyne-Stokes respiration in patients with rheumatic heart disease.
Traditional cardiac surgery requires patient connection to the Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) apparatus which takes over the function of the heart and lungs while the surgeon performs the necessary surgery. The residual blood left in the CPB equipment (1.5-2.0 L) is centrifuged and washed leaving only red blood cells (RBCs) suspended in a saline solution. The RBCs are reinfused into the patient as needed by the anesthesiologist. The main problem with this technique is that many of the important components of the blood such as plasma proteins and clotting factors are discarded through cell washing. This study will explore a novel method (multiple-pass hemofiltration) of processing the residual pump blood which will allow the patient to receive their own whole blood with minimum waste of important components. The newer method of processing the residual pump volume has also been termed off-line modified ultrafiltration (off-line MUF) and is similar to the process that the kidneys use to filter the blood. It is hypothesized that multiple-pass hemofiltration of the residual CPB volume will reduce the occurrence of inflammatory responses, preserve plasma proteins, and decrease allogenic blood exposure and improve clinical outcomes as compared to centrifugation.
Ischemia/reperfusion (I/R)-induced acute kidney injury is a serious complication affecting patient outcome following cardiovascular surgeries. Propofol, an intravenously administered anesthetic with antioxidant properties, protects organs from I/R injury. This study aimed to investigate the ability of propofol to protect kidneys against I/R injury in the patients undergoing valvular heart surgery.
The primary objective of this clinical trial is to evaluate safety of patients who underwent Transcatheter Aortic Valve Intervention (TAVI) during a live case or video-taped transmission as compared to those without procedure transmission.