BACKGROUND In absence of cardiac transplant program in our country, when patients with poor left ventricular (LV) functions undergo coronary revascularisation surgery, they are on one or more inotropic supports with intra aortic balloon pump (IABP) at the time of weaning off from cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Post-operatively, due to the poor LV function, many of these patients become dependent...

PURPOSE Our purpose was to study the effects of drainage of significant pleural effusions in mechanically ventilated patients in a surgical intensive care unit. METHODS Twenty-two ventilated patients in the surgical intensive care unit of a tertiary care center over a 12-month period who developed a pleural effusion large enough to require drainage were studied prospectively. All patients und...

Abstract Background and Aims Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a common complication of congenital heart disease (CHD). There were several variables predictor mortality in PAH-CHD from previous studies, but study with shunts has never been done, especially Indonesia. This aims to identify independent predictors among adult shunt Dr. Sardjito Hospital, Yogyakarta, Method Results We conduc...

Diffusion weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) technique probing the microscopic movement of water molecules in tissue, allows for quantification diffusivity and contribution perfusion to total amount water. In last decades, its use organs other than brain has increased it successfully been applied abdominal organs; otherwise DWI assessment (by measuring fraction edema apparent diffusio...

TYPE: Abstract TOPIC: Pulmonary Vascular Disease PURPOSE: GRIPHON trial demonstrated that Selexipag reduces the risk of death or morbidity events in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Anyway its efficacy comparison to prostacyclin analogues already on oral double-combination therapy endothelin receptor antagonist (ERA) and phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor (PDE5-I) is unknown. We ...

Introduction: Hypercapnia is a common occurrence in pathophysiologic conditions (e.g. cardio-respiratory disease processes) [1]. Carbon dioxide is a potent cerebral vasodilator. Hypercapnia induced hyper-perfusion is often used as a diagnostic tool to measure cerebral vascular reactivity (CVR) to assess the integrity of cerebral circulation which can be altered in pathophysiological states [2]....