Clinical & Experimental Cardiology

Clinical & Experimental Cardiology
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ISSN: 2155-9880

Case Report - (2011) Volume 2, Issue 7

Left Ventricular Preload Determines Systolic Pressure Variation during Mechanical Ventilation in Acute Lung Injury

Jamie R. Mitchell1,4,5*, Christopher J. Doig2,3, William A. Whitelaw3, John V. Tyberg1,4,5 and Israel Belenkie1,3,5
1Departments of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
2Intensive Care, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
3Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
4Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
5The Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
*Corresponding Author: Jamie R. Mitchell, Ph.D., Departments of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary, GB37, Health Research Innovation Centre, 3280 Hospital Dr NW, Calgary, AB, T2N 4Z6, Canada, Tel: (403) 220-6066, Fax: (403) 210-9350 Email:

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