
Episode 244: Pulmonary Artery Pulsatility Index to Assess Right Heart Function with Drs. Essandoh and Kumar
Anesthesia and Critical Care Reviews and Commentary (ACCRAC) Podcast
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Preoperative PAPI in Right Ventricular Failure After LVAD Injection
There's actually very limited evidence using PAPI clinically in the LVAD patient population. And then I think Dr. Essendow kind of mentioned it before, but there really is no established cutoff that we can use in this patient cohort to guide management appropriately. All right. Nick, why don't you tell us a little bit about what led you to do or your team to do this systematic review? What were you looking for? Of course, yeah. The pulmonary artery positivity index could have an important role in identifying patients at risk for right reticular failure following LVAD implantation.
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