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Monitoring changes in heart tissue temperature and evaluation of graft function after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery

by
Raimundas Lekas
1,*,
Povilas Jakuška
1,
Algimantas Kriščiukaitis
1,
Vincentas Veikutis
1,
Gintautas Dzemyda
2,
Tomas Mickevičius
1,
Kristina Morkūnaitė
3,
Alina Vilkė
1,
Povilas Treigys
2,
Genuvaitė Civinskienė
4,
Jonas Andriuškevičius
4,
Tomas Vanagas
4,
Kęstutis Skauminas
1 and
Jurga Bernatonienė
4
1
Institute for Biomedical Research, Kaunas University of Medicine
2
Institute of Mathematics and Informatics, Vilnius
3
Institute of Cardiology, Kaunas University of Medicine
4
Kaunas University of Medicine, Lithuania
*
Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Medicina 2009, 45(3), 221; https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina45030029
Submission received: 26 February 2008 / Accepted: 6 March 2009 / Published: 11 March 2009
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Abstract

Thermography is a relatively new contact-free method used in experimental and clinical studies and in cardiovascular surgery to investigate the myocardium and coronary artery function. Objects of complex study included mongrel dogs and patients with coronary artery disease who underwent cardiac surgery. For active dynamic thermography, we used a thermovision camera “A20V” (FLIR Systems, USA). Our data indicate that both experimental and clinical study performed on beating hearts could be an important approach to interoperation inspection of autovenous graft function. An infrared camera also can be successfully used to determine the extent of ischemic damage to the myocardium, heart, and blood vessels during surgery as a significant prognostic tool for evaluating outcome after cardiac operation.
Keywords: thermography; ischemia; autovenous graft; coronary artery bypass grafting thermography; ischemia; autovenous graft; coronary artery bypass grafting

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Lekas, R.; Jakuška, P.; Kriščiukaitis, A.; Veikutis, V.; Dzemyda, G.; Mickevičius, T.; Morkūnaitė, K.; Vilkė, A.; Treigys, P.; Civinskienė, G.; et al. Monitoring changes in heart tissue temperature and evaluation of graft function after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Medicina 2009, 45, 221. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina45030029

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Lekas R, Jakuška P, Kriščiukaitis A, Veikutis V, Dzemyda G, Mickevičius T, Morkūnaitė K, Vilkė A, Treigys P, Civinskienė G, et al. Monitoring changes in heart tissue temperature and evaluation of graft function after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. Medicina. 2009; 45(3):221. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina45030029

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Lekas, Raimundas, Povilas Jakuška, Algimantas Kriščiukaitis, Vincentas Veikutis, Gintautas Dzemyda, Tomas Mickevičius, Kristina Morkūnaitė, Alina Vilkė, Povilas Treigys, Genuvaitė Civinskienė, and et al. 2009. "Monitoring changes in heart tissue temperature and evaluation of graft function after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery" Medicina 45, no. 3: 221. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina45030029

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