The results of a study conducted by Gary Allen, M.D., F.A.C.S., Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery at Memorial Regional Hospital, were recently published in the medical journal, Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
The study, “Intra-Operative Temperature Control Using the Thermogard System During Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery,” is based on 38 cases where open heart patients were randomly given either conventional warming or the Thermogard system. A special temperature control catheter inserted in the femoral vein monitored temperatures at five-minute intervals from when the patient arrived in the operating room until their departure.
“I found that by maintaining normothermia during off-pump coronary bypass surgery with the Thermogard system, we reduced metabokic derangements and improved clinical outcomes,” explained Dr. Allen. “This clearly demonstrates the safety and effectiveness of endovascular temperature control.”
In addition, Dr. Allen pointed out, endovascular warming is simple to employ and eliminates the need for uncomfortably warm operating room temperatures.
The results of Dr. Allens study were originally presented at The World Society of Cardio Thoracic Surgeons Congress in Greece in May, 2008.
The results of a study conducted by Gary Allen, M.D., F.A.C.S., Chief of Adult Cardiac Surgery at Memorial Regional Hospital, were recently published in the medical journal, Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 
