Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 346-349 , July 2009

Transpulmonary thermodilution and pulse pressure variations in a septic patient with heterotopic cardiac transplantation

  • Jérôme Fichet, MD

      Affiliations

    • Réanimation Médicale Polyvalente, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France
    • Cardiologie, CHU de Bicêtre, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Jérôme Fichet, MD, Cardiologie, Hôpital de Bicêtre, 78 Rue du général Leclerc, 94275 Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France
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  • Olivier Genée, MD

      Affiliations

    • Réanimation Médicale Polyvalente, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France
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  • Nicolas Clémenty, MD

      Affiliations

    • Réanimation Médicale Polyvalente, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France
    • ,
  • Emmanuelle Mercier, MD

      Affiliations

    • Réanimation Médicale Polyvalente, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France
    • ,
  • Dominique Perrotin, MD

      Affiliations

    • Réanimation Médicale Polyvalente, CHU Bretonneau, Tours, France

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 There are no sources of funding or conflict of interest to declare.

PII: S0147-9563(08)00215-X

doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2008.11.003

Heart & Lung: The Journal of Acute and Critical Care
Volume 38, Issue 4 , Pages 346-349 , July 2009

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