Hanke, Thorsten, Misfeld, Martin, Heringlake, Matthias, Schreuder, Jan J., Wiegand, Uwe K.H., and Eberhardt, Frank
To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.02.010 Byline: Thorsten Hanke (a), Martin Misfeld (a), Matthias Heringlake (b), Jan J. Schreuder (d), Uwe K.H. Wiegand (c), Frank Eberhardt (c) Abbreviations: AAI, atrial-only pacing; AV, atrioventricular; BIV, biventricular; CABG, coronary artery bypass grafting; CPB, cardiopulmonary bypass; DDD, atrial synchronous pacing; dP/dt.sub.max, maximum rate of left ventricular pressure change; LV, left ventricular; PV, pressure-volume; RV, right ventricular; RVOT, right ventricular outflow tract Abstract: Patients with severely reduced left ventricular function undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting have increased complication rates. We hypothesized that temporary postoperative atrial synchronous biventricular pacing would improve left ventricular function after cardiopulmonary bypass. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Cardiac and Thoracic Vascular Surgery, University of Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany (b) Department of Anesthesiology, University of Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany (c) Medical Clinic II, University of Lubeck, Lubeck, Germany (d) Department of Cardiac Surgery, San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy Article History: Received 22 October 2008; Revised 31 December 2008; Accepted 1 February 2009 Article Note: (footnote) T.H. and M.M. contributed equally to the article., Disclosures: J.J.S. serves as a consultant for CD Leycom, Zoetermeer, The Netherlands.