title: Impedance cardiography (ICG) noninvasive hemodynamic monitoring provides an opportunity to deliver cost effective, quality care for patients with cardiovascular disorders.
abstract: Hemodynamic evaluation is an essential component in diagnosing cardiovascular disorders and managing patient care. There are numerous invasive, semi-invasive, and noninvasive methods available for evaluating hemodynamic function, which vary widely in equipment, procedural complexity, cost, quality of data, and risks. This paper summarizes information needed for administrative decision-making about employing one method--ICG hemodynamic monitoring--and provides an overview of the technology, its accuracy and reproducibility, clinical applications, financial consideration and references for further evaluation of the technology.
authors.affiliation: CardioDynamics International Corporation, San Diego, CA, USA.
authors.forename: M F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Pranulis
mesh_terms: D002307:Cardiography, Impedance / Q000191:economics / Q000592:standards*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D020000:Decision Support Systems, Clinical; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D011787:Quality of Health Care; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D013673:Technology Assessment, Biomedical; D014481:United States