Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Cardiac Surgery Patients

Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Cardiac Surgery

To establish the correlation between echocardiographic parameters of the RV, measured with TEE and the right ventricular ejection fraction (thermodilution). To identify a time in the perioperative process when RV dysfunction occurs.

Measurements with echocardiography were done during cardiac surgery to observe the right ventricular dysfunction in the perioperative process

Inclusion Criteria:

• cardiac surgery patients
• elective, isolated aortic valve replacement or coronary artery bypass grafting in combination with aortic valve replacement

Exclusion Criteria:

• age < 18