title: [Indocyanine green (TCG) clearance as a monitor to evaluate right heart function].
abstract: Systemic venous return to the heart is disturbed as a result of right heart failure. ICG clearance is known to be influenced by hepatic venous return to the right atrium. Under a hypothesis that right heart function could be evaluated by ICG clearance test, patients with mitral valve disease (Group M, n = 29), aortic valve disease (Group A, n = 16), ischemic heart disease (Group CABG, n = 19) were studied. Preoperative K-ICG (normal range > 0.17) in the Group M was significantly lower than those in the Group A and Group CABG (0.097 +/- 0.037 vs 0.166 +/- 0.032 and 0.171 +/- 0.027, p < 0.05). In the Group M, patients who underwent tricuspid annuloplasty (TAP) had significantly lower K-ICG than the others (0.077 +/- 0.026 vs 0.113 +/- 0.038, p < 0.05). Postoperatively, K-ICG of TAP patients significantly increased (0.092 +/- 0.031, p < 0.05) when compared to their preoperative value. ICG clearance test was useful to quantify the right heart function, especially in the postoperative evaluation.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Surgery, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Utoh
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kunitomo
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakaguchi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hagiwara
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Uemura
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Muranaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nishimura
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitamura
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006334:Heart Function Tests / Q000379:methods*; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation; D006801:Humans; D007208:Indocyanine Green; D008297:Male; D008944:Mitral Valve Insufficiency / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D011184:Postoperative Period; D016278:Ventricular Function, Right
chemical_list: D007208:Indocyanine Green