[HSF] Cardiac arrest after redo CABG in a young patient

[Rwmfglycar at aol.com]

In a message dated 12/5/2007 5:54:42 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
donross at bigpond.com writes:

Bob,
How do you measure pericardial  pressure?
Don
The referenced  Annals article describes this.
Pericardium is closed . Flush the pericardial tube. Clamp it. Put a needle  
connected to a water manometer into the clamped tube and hold the bottom of the 
 mamnometer at midchest level. Hold the CVP/LAP water manometer at same 
level.  Compare pressures. (Remember the date of the article was 1970). We also  
published experimental work on the physiology of tamponade. This was a clinical  
article.
Bob



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