The right ventricle in cardiac surgery, a perioperative perspective: II. Pathophysiology, clinical importance, and management

F Haddad, P Couture, C Tousignant… - Anesthesia & …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
The importance of right ventricular (RV) function in cardiovascular disease and cardiac
surgery has been recognized for several years. RV dysfunction has been shown to be a …

The use of transesophageal echocardiography for preload assessment in critically ill patients

CP Tousignant, F Walsh, CD Mazer - Anesthesia & Analgesia, 2000 - journals.lww.com
IV volume is often administered to patients in an intensive care unit (ICU) to improve
cardiovascular function. We investigated the relationship between stroke volume (SV) and left …

The right ventricle in cardiac surgery, a perioperative perspective: I. Anatomy, physiology, and assessment

F Haddad, P Couture, C Tousignant… - Anesthesia & …, 2009 - journals.lww.com
The importance of right ventricular (RV) function in cardiovascular disease and cardiac
surgery has been recognized for several years. RV dysfunction has been shown to be a …

Speckle tracking for the intraoperative assessment of right ventricular function: a feasibility study

C Tousignant, M Desmet, R Bowry… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2010 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVES: Speckle tracking is an ultrasound method that assesses B-mode features to
measure tissue displacement and derive deformation parameters. The objective of this study …

The effect of pericardial incision on right ventricular systolic function: a prospective observational study

CJ Bitcon, C Tousignant - Canadian Journal of Anesthesia, 2017 - search.proquest.com
Background Echocardiographic longitudinal markers of right ventricular (RV) systolic function
are commonly depressed after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) despite an …

Tricuspid annular velocity in patients undergoing cardiac operation using transesophageal echocardiography

JS David, CP Tousignant, R Bowry - Journal of the American Society of …, 2006 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: The complex geometry of the right ventricle (RV) and poor endocardial
definition make quantitative assessment of RV function difficult. Doppler tissue imaging may be …

[PDF][PDF] Evaluation of TAPSE as a measure of right ventricular output

C Tousignant, H Kim, F Papa… - Canadian Journal of …, 2012 - researchgate.net
Objectif Cette etude aete conçue pour montrer le rapport entre le deplacement systolique
du plan de l’anneau tricuspidien (TAPSE) avec le volume d’ejection systolique (SV) par …

Comparison of transesophageal echocardiographic, Fick, and thermodilution cardiac output in critically ill patients

O Axler, C Tousignant, CR Thompson… - Journal of critical …, 1996 - Elsevier
Purpose: Recent observations have highlighted errors in the thermodilution technique of
measuring cardiac output. Thus, cardiac output measurements using transesophageal …

Alfentanil controls the haemodynamic response during rapidsequence induction of anaesthesia

RJ Martineau, CP Tousignant, DR Miller… - Canadian journal of …, 1990 - Springer
Laryngoscopy and tracheal intubation often cause hypertension and tachycardia, which
may be exaggerated during rapid-sequence induction of anaesthesia. A placebo-controlled,…

Regional differences in color tissue Doppler-derived measures of longitudinal right ventricular function using transesophageal and transthoracic echocardiography

CP Tousignant, R Bowry, S Levesque… - Journal of cardiothoracic …, 2008 - Elsevier
Objective: This study was designed to compare the right ventricular (RV) Doppler tissue
imaging parameters of tricuspid annular isovolumic acceleration (IVA), systolic velocity (S), and …