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Monitoring cardiac output with Flo Trac VigileoTM
Pisa, Italy
* E-mail: f.guarracino@ao-pisa.toscana.it
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EditorIn their recent article, Mayer and colleagues1 compared a new device for semi-invasive determination of cardiac output (CO) (Flo Trac/VigileoTM, Edwards Lifesciences, Irvine, CA, USA) with the bolus thermodilution technique, considered the clinical gold standard. They performed their measurements intraoperatively and after operation in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and concluded that the new device, based on arterial pressure
Ludwigshafen, Germany
* E-mail: j-mayer@gmx.de