Nicht-invasives hämodynamisches Monitoring bei Intensivpatienten: Erfahrungen mit dem Doppler-basierten USCOM-System und Korrelation zu invasiven Bestimmungsmethoden

Anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity: cardiac monitoring by continuous wave-Doppler ultrasound cardiac output monitoring and correlation to echocardiography

BACKGROUND

Anthracyclines are agents with a wellknown cardiotoxicity. The study sought to evaluate the hemodynamic response to an anthracycline using realtime continuous-wave (CW)-Doppler ultrasound cardiac output monitoring (USCOM) and echocardiography in combination with serum biomarkers.

METHODS

50 patients (26 male, 24 female, median age 59 years) suffering from various types of cancer received an anthracycline-based regimen. Patients' responses were measured at different time points (T0 prior to infusion, T1 6 h post infusion, T2 after 1 day, T3 after 7 days, and T4 after 3 months) with CW-Doppler ultrasound (T0-T4) and echocardiography (T1, T4) for hemodynamic parameters such as stroke volume (SV; SVUSCOM ml) and ejection fraction (EF; EFechocardiography%) and with NT-pro-BNP and hs-Troponin T (T0-T4).

RESULTS

During the 3-month observation period, the relative decrease in the EF determined by echocardiography was -2.1% (▵T0-T4, T0 71 ± 7.8%, T4 69.5 ± 7%, p = 0.04), whereas the decrease in SV observed using CW-Doppler was -6.5% (▵T0-T4, T0 54 ± 19.2 ml, T4 50.5 ± 20.6 ml, p = 0.14). The kinetics for serum biomarkers were inversely correlated.

CONCLUSIONS

Combining real-time CW-Doppler USCOM and serum biomarkers is feasible for monitoring the immediate and chronic hemodynamic changes during an anthracycline-based regimen; the results obtained were comparable to those from echocardiography.

Cardiac Output Measurements in Septic Patients: Comparing the Accuracy of USCOM to PiCCO

USCOM is an ultrasound-based method which has been accepted for noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring in various clinical conditions (USCOM, Ultrasonic cardiac output monitoring). The present study aimed at comparing the accuracy of the USCOM device with that of the thermodilution technique in patients with septicemia. We conducted a prospective observational study in a medical but noncardiological ICU of a university hospital. Septic adult patients (median age 55 years, median SAPS-II-Score 43 points) on mechanical ventilation and catecholamine support were monitored with USCOM and PiCCO (n = 70). Seventy paired left-sided CO measurements (transaortic access = CO_US-A) were obtained. The mean CO_US-A were 6.55 l/min (±2.19) versus CO_PiCCO 6.5 l/min (±2.18). The correlation coefficient was r = 0.89. Comparison by Bland-Altman analysis revealed a bias of −0.36 l/min (±0.99 l/min) leading to a mean percentage error of 29%. USCOM is a feasible and rapid method to evaluate CO in septic patients. USCOM does reliably represent CO values as compared to the reference technique based on thermodilution (PiCCO). It seems to be appropriate in situations where CO measurements are most pertinent to patient management.