Why the study?
Does intravenous triiodothyronine (T3) improve hemodynamics in patients with low cardiac output following cardioplegic arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass?
Population
10 patients undergoing open heart surgery experiencing difficulty weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass or…
Design
Case_series
Follow-up
3 hours
Authors
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May aid CPB weaning in refractory post-surgical low output; hypothesis-generating and requires randomized confirmation.
Does intravenous triiodothyronine (T3) improve hemodynamics in patients with low cardiac output following cardioplegic arrest and cardiopulmonary bypass?
Intravenous T3 administration significantly improved hemodynamics and facilitated weaning from cardiopulmonary bypass in a small series of patients with refractory low cardiac output after open heart surgery.
Novitzky et al. (1989) studied this question.
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