The use of a pulmonary artery catheter after emergency cardiac surgery to reduce shunt through a patent foramen ovale.
Cokis
Chris
C
Royal Perth Hospital, perth, Australia. ccokis@hotmail.com
Wells
Jason
J
D000368:Aged; D001019:Aortic Rupture / Q000601:surgery; D001784:Blood Gas Analysis / Q000379:methods; D001993:Bronchodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002305:Cardiac Tamponade / Q000150:complications; D002315:Cardiopulmonary Bypass / Q000379:methods*; D002407:Catheterization, Swan-Ganz / Q000379:methods*; D018618:Echocardiography, Doppler, Color / Q000379:methods; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods; D004638:Emergency Treatment / Q000379:methods*; D004837:Epinephrine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery; D006344:Heart Septal Defects, Atrial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D007022:Hypotension / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D009102:Multiple Organ Failure
D001993:Bronchodilator Agents; D004837:Epinephrine