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Table 3 Cardiac output (CO) assessed by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (COTEE) and using the Flotrac/Vigileo system by arterial pressure waveform (COAP) before and after surgical correction of pectus excavatum deformity

From: Intraoperative cardiac function assessment by transesophageal echocardiography versus FloTrac/Vigileo™ system during pectus excavatum surgical repair

Intraoperative data

Before correction

After correction

Intraoperative variation (Δ)

P value*

COTEE

4.47±1.32

5.73±1.27

1.25±1.03$

0.001

COAP

4.72±1.54

5.75±1.45

1.04±1.31

0.004

  1. *p value by sample paired t test; p = 0.362 vs COAP; P = 0.960 vs COAP; $p=0.514 vs ΔCOAP