Shyam Sathanandam1, Pooja Kashyap1, David Zurakowski2, Lindsey Bird1, Vera McGhee3, Jeffrey Towbin1, Benjamin Rush Waller III1
Congenital Heart Disease, Vol.12, No.2, pp. 181-187, 2017, DOI:10.1111/chd.12423
Abstract Objectives: The primary aim of this study was to compare thermodilution (TD) cardiac index
(TDCi) measured by injecting cold saline (C-TDCi) to saline at room temperature (R-TDCi). The secondary aim was to assess the change in body temperature with cold saline injections in children.
Design: This is a prospective, case control study.
Setting: Cardiac catheterization lab at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital, Memphis, Tennessee.
Patients: Eighty-six children ≤18 years of age that underwent cardiac catheterization between
April 2013 and April 2015, excluding patients with admixing lesions, on inotropic support and with
ejection fraction < 30%.
Interventions: A TD catheter in the… More >
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