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Table 4 Haemodynamics during Impella CP going from minimum to moderate norepinephrine

From: Unloading using Impella CP during profound cardiogenic shock caused by left ventricular failure in a large animal model: impact on the right ventricle

 

Impella CP+minimally required NE, n = 8

Impella CP + moderate NE, n = 8

p value

NE dose, μg/kg/min, median (range)

0.03 (0.00–0.10)

0.1 (0.10–0.18)

 

Svo2, %, mean (SD)

54 (12)

70 (15)

<0.001

Cardiac output, L/min, mean (SD)

4.4 (0.9)

5.5 (0.9)

0.01

MAP, mmHg, median (Q1, Q3)

61 (58, 63)

64 (60, 75)

0.08

Heart rate, bpm, median (Q1, Q3)

77 (70, 82)

98 (89, 111)

0.01

PAPsystolic, mmHg, median (Q1, Q3)

31 (24, 36)

42 (37, 43)

0.01

PAPdiastolic, mmHg, mean (SD)

19 (4)

22 (6)

0.03

PAPmean, mmHg, median (Q1, Q3)

25 (20, 29)

30 (29, 34)

0.01

CVP, mmHg, mean (SD)

12 (4)

11 (4)

0.04

  1. NE norepinephrine, MAP mean arterial pressure, PAP pulmonary artery pressure, CVP central venous pressure