Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Cardiac Surgery Patients
Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Cardiac Surgery Patients
To establish the correlation between echocardiographic parameters of the RV, measured with
 TEE and the right ventricular ejection fraction (thermodilution). To identify a time in the
 perioperative process when RV dysfunction occurs.
Measurements with echocardiography were done during cardiac surgery to observe the right
 ventricular dysfunction in the perioperative process
Inclusion Criteria:

 -  cardiac surgery patients

 -  elective, isolated aortic valve replacement or coronary artery bypass grafting in
 combination with aortic valve replacement

 Exclusion Criteria:

 -  age < 18