Jakob Labus, Jens Fassl, André Foit, Oliver Mehler, Parwis Rahmanian, Thorsten Wahlers, Bernd W Böttiger, Wolfgang A Wetsch, Alexander Mathes
OBJECTIVES: Left ventricular (LV) diastolic function strongly predicts outcomes after cardiac surgery, but there is no consensus about appropriate intraoperative assessment. Recently, intraoperative diastolic strain-based measurements assessed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) have shown a strong correlation with LV relaxation, compliance, and filling, but there are no reports about evaluation through the entire perioperative period. Therefore, the authors describe the intraoperative course of this novel assessment technique in patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting, and compare it with conventional echocardiographic measures and common grading algorithms of LV diastolic dysfunction (LVDD)...
December 12, 2023: Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia