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.
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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