ABSTRACT
Objective To evaluate the effects of all intravenous anesthesia and total inhalation anesthesia on left ventricular systolic and diastolic function in elderly patients undergoing intestinal surgery. Methods Forty elderly patients without any history or signs of cardiovascular disease, 23 males and 17 females, aged 65-80 years, ASA physical status Ⅱ or Ⅲ, were randomly allocated into two groups. Maintenance of anesthesia was achieved by propofol-remifentanil respectively (group P) or sevoflurane inhalation (group S). Transesophageal echocardiography was performed as a baseline after intubation. Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), fractional shortening (FS), peak E, E/A, peak E deceleration time (EDT) were measured after anesthesia induction (T0), 10 min after incision (T1), end of surgery (T2), respectively. Results Compared with T0, LVEF, FS, Peak E, E/A of both groups were similar at T1. There were no statistical differences in LVEF and FS between the two groups at T2. However, the value of peak E and E/A of group S at T2 were significantly increased than the baseline T0 and higher than that of group P (P ＜ 0.05). Meanwhile, EDT at T2 in group S was shorter than that at T0 and significant shorter than in group P (P ＜ 0.05). There were two PONV cases in each of the two groups. Conclusion Sevoflurane had a favourable effect on diastolic function in the elderly patients. Furthermore, sevoflurane showed advantage in maintaining hemodynamic stability during the operative period.