Publications by authors named "Tord Fannelop"
Article Synopsis
- A study was conducted to compare myocardial protection provided by a single infusion of Bretschneider HTK solution and repeated oxygenated blood cardioplegia during minimally invasive cardiac surgeries.
- Sixteen pigs underwent aortic cross-clamping and were randomized into two groups to evaluate their cardiac performance post-surgery through various measurements.
- Results indicated that repeated oxygenated blood cardioplegia significantly improved left ventricular function and reduced myocardial injury compared to the single dose of HTK solution, suggesting it is the superior method for cardiac protection during surgery.
Objective: Myocardial dysfunction after reperfusion can be a clinical problem in the early postoperative phase after on-pump cardiac surgery. The aim was, in an experimental setting, to investigate if administration of the beta-adrenergic receptor blocker esmolol prior to cross-clamping for 80 min with cold oxygenated blood cardioplegia would improve myocardial protection and early postoperative function.
Methods: Twenty-four anaesthetised pigs were randomly allocated into one of two equally sized groups and put on mild hypothermic cardiopulmonary bypass.
Aims: This study investigates whether subendocardial ischemia can be detected by measuring multilayer radial systolic strain from epicardial tissue Doppler imaging.
Methods: In 10 anesthetized open-chest pigs an extracorporeal shunt from the proximal brachiocephalic to the left anterior descending coronary artery was constricted in steps. Color microsphere injections and short axis Tissue Velocity Imaging (TVI) recordings were performed with open shunt, with a non-significant stenosis, and with 2 steps of shunt flow reduction.
Article Synopsis
- The study investigates how different strain length (SL) settings affect radial strain measurements in normal heart tissue using Doppler strain rate imaging.
- The research involved 8 anesthetized pigs, analyzing the myocardial wall by dividing it into 1 to 4 layers and varying the SL from 2 to 14 mm.
- Results indicate that a lower SL is crucial for accurately detecting transmural strain gradients, with the ideal SL being about half the systolic thickness of the wall.