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CARDIOVASCULAR
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Volume 8, 2003, No 1-2 |
Ultrasonic Dimension Transducer for Perioperative
Monitoring of Left Ventricular Contractility
S. Tatebe, M. Nakazawa, M. J. Davies, V. T. Tsang, M. J. Elliott
Background and aim of the study: There have been few
methods available in the pediatric cardiac surgery to assess the left
ventricular contractility in the perioperative period. We present a new
ultrasonic dimension transducer for monitoring myocardial contractility during
the perioperative period.
Methods: We modified the transducer in order to easily attach it onto the
heart, and to remove it transcutaneously in a cardiac intensive care unit
(CICU).
Results: This instrument was applied in 4 patients who underwent cardiac
operation, and myocardial contractility was successfully monitored in the
operating room and CICU as well. The transducer was smoothly removed with
neither any complications nor consequences.
Conclusion: Our new transducer is safe and well tolerated clinically as
well as ethically, and useful for perioperative assessment of myocardial
contractility in clinical settings.
(CVE. 2003; 8 (1/2): 44-46)
Key words: myocardial contractility, perioperative
monitoring, ultrasonometric method, cardiac intensive care unit
Shoh Tatebe, M.D., Ph.D.
Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery
Niigata University Graduate School of Medicine
757 Asahimachi-Dohri 1
Niigata City, 951-8510
Japan
E-mail: statebe@yahoo.com
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