Monitoring cardiac function without the use of a pulmonary artery catheter.
Investigators have been trying to develop ways to measure cardiac function that are less invasive and more cost-effective than a pulmonary artery catheter. None of the technologies currently available are yet ready for routine use in assessing cardiac function in the operating room and in the intensive cardiac unit.
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Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street, SW Rochester, MN 55905, USA.