title: Physiologic significance of hemodynamic measurements and their derived indices.
abstract: The fundamental value of hemodynamic monitoring is that it provides direct physiological measurements. The appropriate use of these requires an understanding of normal cardiac physiology and its alterations in certain disease states. An appreciation of the determinants of cardiac output, coronary blood flow and myocardial oxygen consumption will improve the interpretation and subsequent manipulation of these values when one is confronted with them clinically.
mesh_terms: D000004:Abbreviations as Topic; D001794:Blood Pressure; D002302:Cardiac Output; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D003971:Diastole; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism; D010101:Oxygen Consumption; D012039:Regional Blood Flow; D009626:Terminology as Topic