In this prospective study, two different methods of hemodynamic monitoring pulmonary artery catheterization as golden standard (PAC) with the filling pressures CVP and PAOP and double-indicator dilution technique (TDD) - were compared in patients before and after orthotopic heart transplantation to determine advantages and disadvantages concerning reliability, clinical relevance and invasiveness in hemodynamic monitoring. Therefore, 40 patients before and after orthotopic heart transplantation were monitored simultaneously with both methods, all data were documented and statistically analyzed. The results of this study confirmed other investigations showing strong advantage for the TDD in monitoring preload, vascular volume status and cardiac function with the determination of intrathoracic blood volume and global end-diastolic volume instead of CVP and PAOP. Additionally, the simultaneously performed monitoring of the liver function by determination of indocyanine green clearance seemed to have a predictive value concerning outcome of the patients. Because of the significantly lower invasiveness and good clinical practicability the TDD is a promising technique for hemodynamic monitoring even in patients undergoing heart transplantation.
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In this prospective study, two different methods of hemodynamic monitoring pulmonary artery catheterization as golden standard (PAC) with the filling pressures CVP and PAOP and double-indicator dilution technique (TDD) - were compared in patients before and after orthotopic heart transplantation to determine advantages and disadvantages concerning reliability, clinical relevance and invasiveness in hemodynamic monitoring. Therefore, 40 patients before and after orthotopic heart transplantation...
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