The Annals of Thoracic Surgery, Vol 57, 1033-1034, Copyright © 1994 by The Society of Thoracic Surgeons
Multichannel myocardial temperature probe
S Kuki, K Yoshida, H Izutani, K Suzuki, R Matsumura, A Okuda and H Matsuda
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka Rosai Hospital, Japan.
We present a new system to measure myocardial temperature at multiple
points in myocardium. This system consists of a probe with multiple
thermocouples, a data collector, and a personal computer. We have
demonstrated a change in distribution of temperature in myocardium during
hypothermic cardioplegic arrest.