title: Quantitative assessment of cardiac load-responsiveness during extracorporeal life support: case and rationale.
abstract: We describe a case of a patient assisted by extracorporeal life support, in which we obtained the dynamic filling index, a measure for venous volume during extracorporeal life support, and used this index to assess cardiac load-responsiveness during acute reloading. While reloading, the obtained findings on cardiac pump function by the dynamic filling index were supported by trans-esophageal echocardiography and standard pressure measurement. This suggests that the dynamic filling index can be used to assess cardiac load-responsiveness during extracorporeal life support.
authors.affiliation: Dept, of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Center (MUMC), Maastricht, the Netherlands. antoinepsimons@ctc.unimaas.nl
authors.forename: Antoine P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Simons
authors.forename: Marcus D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Lancé
authors.forename: Koen D
authors.initials: KD
authors.lastname: Reesink
authors.forename: Frederik H
authors.initials: FH
authors.lastname: van der Veen
authors.forename: Patrick W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Weerwind
authors.forename: Jos G
authors.initials: JG
authors.lastname: Maessen
mesh_terms: D005112:Extracorporeal Circulation; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000628:therapy*