Intraoperative Change of Right Ventricular Free Wall Strain in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting and in Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery

André Foit, Eva Gerwin, Parwis Rahmanian, Bernd W. Böttiger, Wolfgang A. Wetsch, Deepak Borde, Jakob Labus, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Heart Center, University Hospital of Cologne, and Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cologne, Department of Cardiac Anesthesia, Ozone Anesthesia Group

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia

Published online on December 30, 2025

Abstract

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, Volume 30, Issue 1, Page 8-20, March 2026.
Background:Right ventricular (RV) function changes after on-pump cardiac surgery but the impact of the surgical procedure is largely unexplored. For this purpose, we aimed to describe the changes of RV function through the intraoperative period by ...