Indirect Fick and Thermodilution Cardiac Output Measurements Have Significant Variance Compared to Direct Fick in LVAD Patients

• Published in: The Journal of heart and lung transplantation Vol. 40; no. 4; p. S214
• Main Authors: Azih, N.I., Read, J.M., Jackson, G., Inampudi, C., Pope, N.H., Witer, L.J., Tedford, R.J., Houston, B.A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.04.2021

Direct Fick is the gold standard for measuring cardiac output (CO). Due to direct Fick complexity, indirect Fick (iFICK) and Thermodilution (TD) are most commonly used to assess CO during right heart catheterization (RHC). However, a small previous study found a 45% discordance in CO estimations whe...