Use of Negative Extrathoracic Pressure to Improve Hemodynamics After Cardiac Surgery Rakesh K. Chaturvedi, MD, PhD, Arnold A. Zidulka, MD, FRCP, Peter Goldberg, MD, FRCP, Benoit deVarennes, MD, FRCS, Sameena Iqbal, MD, FRCP, Elham Rahme, PhD, Kevin Lachapelle, MD, FRCS The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 85, Issue 4, Pages 1355-1360 (April 2008) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.002 Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 Mean ± SD of cardiac index with different modes of ventilation. (CNP = continuous negative pressure; PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 1355-1360DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.002) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Mean ± SD of stroke volume index with different modes of ventilation. (CNP = continuous negative pressure; PEEP = positive end-expiratory pressure.) The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2008 85, 1355-1360DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2007.10.002) Copyright © 2008 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions