Measurement of cardiac output by M-mode and two-dimensional echocardiography: application to patients with hypertension.
The development of echocardiography has permitted non-invasive estimation of left ventricular stroke volume and cardiac output, albeit with some limitations. These approaches are particularly suited to hypertensive patients.
Wallerson
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Department of Medicine, New York Hospital, Cornell Medical Center, New York 10021.
Ganau
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Roman
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Devereux
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D002302:Cardiac Output / Q000502:physiology*; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000295:instrumentation*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000503:physiopathology*; D007091:Image Processing, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D008955:Models, Cardiovascular; D015203:Reproducibility of Results