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The Feasibility of Speckle Tracking for Intraoperative Assessment of Regional Myocardial Function by Transesophageal Echocardiography
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 08/06/09

Kukucka M et al. – Strain calculation from TEE images is feasible during cardiac surgery and correlates well with WMS but has better interobserver agreement. Strain analysis, but not WMS, detected wall motion differences between normally perfused and ischemic segments. This simple method allows objective intraoperative quantification of myocardial segment function and may become an important monitoring tool in the future.

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Dexmedetomidine use in a pediatric cardiac intensive care unit: Can we use it in infants after cardiac surgery
Pediatric Critical Care, 11/11/09

A comparison of epidural vs. paravertebral blockade in thoracic surgery
Minerva Anestesiologica, 11/09/09

Prophylactic Vasopressin in Patients Receiving the Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor Ramipril Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 11/02/09

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Depth of anesthesia
Current Opinion in Anesthesiology, 11/05/09

Effects of maintaining a remifentanil infusion on the recovery profiles during emergence from anaesthesia and tracheal extubation
British Journal of Anesthesia, 11/02/09

Cardiomyopathy and anaesthesia
Continuing Education in Anaesthesia, Critical Care & Pain , 11/18/09

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