The aim of the VeMic study is to explore if venous congestion is linked with microcirculatory impairment in elective cardiac surgery patients in the postoperative ICU stay.
Age range
18 Years
Sex
ALL
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Difference in red blood cell velocity: concested vs non-congested
Timeframe: 3 measurements:T0 prior surgery, T1 first post-operative day, T2 6 hours after T1
Difference in total vessel density: concested vs non-congested
Timeframe: 3 measurements:T0 prior surgery, T1 first post-operative day, T2 6 hours after T1
Difference in red blood cell velocity: physiologic femoral vein flow vs. pulsatile pattern
Timeframe: 3 measurements:T0 prior surgery, T1 first post-operative day, T2 6 hours after T1
Difference in total vessel density between patients with a physiologic femoral vein flow vs. pulsatile pattern
Timeframe: 3 measurements:T0 prior surgery, T1 first post-operative day, T2 6 hours after T1