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Table 3 Cardiac output (L/min) of 8 dogs assessed by thermodilution technique (TD) and by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) during a mean arterial pressure of 65–80 mmHg (normotension) and <65 mmHg (hypotension)

From: Clinical monitoring of cardiac output assessed by transoesophageal echocardiography in anaesthetised dogs: a comparison with the thermodilution technique

 

Normotension

Hypotension

Dog

TD

TEE

TD

TEE

1

2.35

2.26

1.69

1.9

2

4.79

4.78

1.76

2.12

3

3.24

3.24

2.64

3.27

4

2.85

2.79

1.88

2.45

5

2.77

2.77

3.05

2.63

6

3.17

3.14

1.96

2.66

7

2.88

2.95

3.01

3.23

8

2.89

3.02

1.82

1.77

Mean ± SD

3.11 ± 0.72

3.11 ± 0.73

2.22 ± 0.57

2.50 ± 0.56