Using pulse pressure variation or stroke volume variation to diagnose right ventricular failure?
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* Corresponding author: Frederic Michard frederic_michard@edwards.com
1 Critical Care, Edwards Lifesciences, 70 Route de l'Etraz, 1260, Nyon, Switzerland
2 Charlotte Maxeke Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa
3 Department of Anesthesia & Critical Care, Pellegrin Hospital, 33076, Bordeaux, France
4 Anesthesia & Critical Care, Santa Casa de Misericordia, 164 rua Santa Casa, 37900-020, Passos, Brazil
5 Anesthesia & Critical Care, INCOR, 44 Dr Eneas de Carvalho Aguiar Avenida, 05403-000, Sao Paulo, Brazil
Critical Care 2010, 14:451 doi:10.1186/cc9303
See related research by Daudel et al., http://ccforum.com/content/14/3/R122
Published: 24 November 2010First paragraph (this article has no abstract)
We read with interest two recent studies suggesting that pulse pressure variation (PPV) is not an accurate predictor of fluid responsiveness in subjects with pulmonary hypertension [1,2].