Thermodilution and Fick Cardiac Outputs Differ: Impact on Pulmonary Hypertension Evaluation

Affiliations

Wassim H Fares: Yale University, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Vascular Disease Program, New Haven, Connecticut, Canada
Sarah K Blanchard: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
George A Stouffer: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Patricia P Chang: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Wayne D Rosamond: Gillings School of Global Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Hubert James Ford: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA
Robert M Aris: School of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Pulmonary Hypertension Program, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The relationship between thermodilution and indirect Fick cardiac output determination methods has not been well described.

ISSN: 1198-2241 (Print); 1916-7245 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the respiratory system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crj/