Abstract
Monitoring of hemodynamic and mechanical parameters of the heart are reviewed. Clinical methodologies are discussed along with tools used in a research setting. Specifically, these include: arterial blood pressure, central venous pressure, pulmonary artery pressure, mixed venous oxygen saturation, cardiac output, pressure-volume loops, flow monitoring, and Frank-Starling curves. These parameters are monitored using technology such as pressure transducers, Swan-Ganz catheters, thermodilution, sonomicrometry crystals, conductance catheters, ultrasound transducers, and loop recorders.
Original language | English (US) |
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Title of host publication | Handbook of Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Devices |
Subtitle of host publication | Second Edition |
Publisher | Humana Press |
Pages | 271-296 |
Number of pages | 26 |
ISBN (Print) | 9781588294432 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2005 |
Keywords
- Blood pressure monitoring
- Cardiac index monitoring
- Cardiac output
- Cardiac pressure-volume loops
- Central venous pressue monitoring
- Flow monitoring
- Implantable monitoring
- Mixed venous saturation monitoring
- Pulmonary artery pressure monitoring