Does veno-arterial carbon dioxide gradient provide an adequate estimation of cardiac index in pulmonary hypertension?

Matthew T SiubaAbhishek BhardwajJason KirincichOscar PerezPatrick FlanaganJames LaneDavid TothDeborah PaulCarli LehrAbhijit DuggalAdriano R Tonelli

Published in: European heart journal. Acute cardiovascular care (2022)

Veno-arterial carbon dioxide gradient moderately correlates with Fick CI and may be useful to identify patients with low CI. Central and mixed venous CO2 values should not be used interchangeably in PH.

Keyphrases

carbon dioxide
extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
pulmonary hypertension
pulmonary artery
left ventricular
pulmonary arterial hypertension
heart failure
atrial fibrillation