Cardiothoracic & vascular anesthesia

The Validation of Cardiac Index and Stroke-Volume Variation Measured by the Pulse-Wave Transit Time-Analysis Versus Conventional Pulse-Contour Analysis After Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Observational Study

J Cardiothorac Vasc AnesthPublished Method comparison study

Authors' conclusion

The overall performance of CIesCCO and esSVV versus CIPCA and SVVPCA is not clinically acceptable.

Study context

Population
Patients after elective off-pump CABG (OPCAB), 1,000-bed university hospital
Participants
21 patients · 178 CI pairs · 174 stroke-volume variation (SVV) pairs
Exposure
CI and SVV by pulse-wave transit-time (PWTT) vs conventional pulse-contour analysis
Outcome
Agreement esCCO vs PCA
Follow-up
10 study stages
Methodological detailssingle-center, prospective, observational
  • Single-center
  • Prospective
  • Observational

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

CI mean bias (CIesCCO vs CIPCA)
0.06 L min/m²
CI limits of agreement
± 0.92 L min/m²
CI percentage error
35.3%
SVV mean bias (esSVV vs SVVPCA)
−6.1%
SVV limits of agreement
± 15.5%
SVV percentage error
137%

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Further findings

Trending ability of CIesCCO vs CIPCA

Concordance rate
70%

Parts of this Brief are withheld: the automatic checks could not confirm them against the abstract.

Original publication

The Validation of Cardiac Index and Stroke-Volume Variation Measured by the Pulse-Wave Transit Time-Analysis Versus Conventional Pulse-Contour Analysis After Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Observational Study. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. Published 11 February 2023. doi:10.1053/j.jvca.2023.02.010

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