We describe a case of a patient assisted by extracorporeal life support, in which we obtained the dynamic filling index, a measure for venous volume during extracorporeal life support, and used this index to assess cardiac load-responsiveness during acute reloading. While reloading, the obtained findings on cardiac pump function by the dynamic filling index were supported by trans-esophageal echocardiography and standard pressure measurement. This suggests that the dynamic filling index can be used to assess cardiac load-responsiveness during extracorporeal life support.© 2010 Simons et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
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Simons, A. P., Lancé, M. D., Reesink, K. D., van der Veen, F. H., Weerwind, P. W., & Maessen, J. G. (2010). Quantitative assessment of cardiac load-responsiveness during extracorporeal life support: case and rationale. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/1749-8090-5-30
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