[Mixed venous oxygen saturation monitoring in selected patients in heart surgery].

Continuous SvO2 was monitored in 25 patients undergoing cardiac surgery, selected by preoperative conditions, risk and perioperative indications. SvO2 trends were compared to cutaneous temperature, left atrial pressure and pulse oximetry. The results indicate a good correlation of all trends.

[Radical surgical correction of tetralogy of Fallot: comparison between the effects of isoproterenol in IPPV and spontaneous-ventilation after surgical treatment (author's transl)].

The AA. studied 7 patients affected by Tetralogy of Fallot; their ages were between 4 and 20 years. At the end of the radical surgical correction we studied their haemodynamics.