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This chapter is a review of commonly utilized monitoring techniques to assess the function of the general cardiovascular system. Specifically, means to assess arterial blood pressure, central venous pressure, pulmonary artery pressure, mixed venous oxygen saturation, cardiac output, pressure-volume loops, and Frank-Starling curves are described. Basic physiological principles underlying cardiac function are also briefly discussed.
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Video 20.1. Pressure-volume loops.wmv (swine) (WMV 47,421 KB)
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JPG 20.9. Typical pulmonary artery catheter. This catheter also has the ability to continuously monitor cardiac output (TIFF 572 KB)
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JPG 20.11. Pulmonary artery catheter with ability to continuously monitor cardiac output and mixed venous saturation (SvO2) (TIFF 1,032 KB)
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Loushin, M.K., Quill, J.L., Iaizzo, P.A. (2015). Mechanical Aspects of Cardiac Performance. In: Iaizzo, P. (eds) Handbook of Cardiac Anatomy, Physiology, and Devices. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-19464-6_20
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