Exploring the potential of rapid evaporative ionization mass spectrometry (Intelligent Knife) for point-of-care testing in aortic surgery.
Hannah A DaviesEva Caamano-GutierrezJoscelyn SarsbyOmar NawaytouAmer HarkyRiaz AkhtarMark FieldJillian MadinePublished in: European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery : official journal of the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery (2021)
Analysis of electrosurgical aerosol from ex vivo aortic tissue using REIMS allowed us to discriminate aneurysmal from normal aorta, supporting its development as a point-of-care test (Intelligent Knife) for guiding surgical intraoperative decision-making.
Keyphrases
- aortic valve
- pulmonary artery
- mass spectrometry
- decision making
- aortic dissection
- gas chromatography
- minimally invasive
- left ventricular
- coronary artery bypass
- coronary artery
- liquid chromatography
- pulmonary hypertension
- high resolution
- surgical site infection
- heart failure
- high performance liquid chromatography
- risk assessment
- atrial fibrillation
- human health
- ms ms