Université de Fribourg

Myocardial function at the early phase of traumatic brain injury: a prospective controlled study

Cuisinier, Adrien ; Maufrais, Claire ; Payen, Jean-François ; Nottin, Stephane ; Walther, Guillaume ; Bouzat, Pierre

In: Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine, 2016, vol. 24, p. 129

The concept of brain-heart interaction has been described in several brain injuries. Traumatic brain injury (TBI) may also lead to cardiac dysfunction but evidences are mainly based upon experimental and clinical retrospective studies. Methods We conducted a prospective case-control study in a level I trauma center. Twenty consecutive adult patients with severe TBI were matched according to...