Publications by authors named "M T Saltzberg"
Heart failure (HF) is a growing public health problem. Self-management (SM) of HF is an important component of chronic disease management. Guided by the Individual and Family Self-Management Theory (IFSMT), we examined the associations among complexity of condition, self-regulation, and self-efficacy mediation of SM behaviors in a population of HF outpatients.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFA right ventricular assist device (RVAD) using a dual-lumen percutaneous cannula inserted through the right internal jugular vein (IJV) might improve weaning in patients with refractory right ventricular (RV) failure. However, the reported experience with this cannula is limited. We reviewed the records of all patients receiving RVAD support with this new dual-lumen cannula at our institution between April 2017 and February 2019.
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- - Accurate assessment of cardiac output (CO) is crucial for evaluating aortic valve area (AVA), and a portable facemask device has improved the measurement of CO through direct continuous oxygen consumption (VO2) while reducing the complexities associated with traditional methods.
- - A study with 17 patients compared CO obtained via direct continuous VO2, assumed VO2, and thermodilution (TD), revealing poor correlation between these methods, which may indicate inconsistencies in CO and AVA estimations.
- - Results showed that while direct continuous VO2 measurements provided highly reproducible and reliable CO values, the discrepancies between it and other methods could have significant implications for cardiac assessments in clinical settings.
Background: Accurate assessment of cardiac output (CO) is essential for the hemodynamic assessment of valvular heart disease. Estimation of oxygen consumption (VO2) and thermodilution (TD) are employed in many cardiac catheterization laboratories (CCL) given the historically cumbersome nature of direct continuous VO2 measurement, the "gold standard" for this technique. A portable facemask device simplifies the direct continuous measurement of VO2, allowing for relatively rapid and continuous assessment of CO.
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