Left ventricular volume measurement by the conductance catheter and variations in the hematocrit in small animals

Cardiovascular Engineering

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 43-46

  Heimisch, Werner ^a   Schad, Hubert ^a   Günzinger, Ralf ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conductance catheter; Hematocrit; Rat; Ventricular volume

Indexed keywords

HEPARIN;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY WEIGHT; CALIBRATION; CENTRIFUGATION; COLLOID; CONDUCTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY BLOOD FLOW; HEART CATHETER; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART PERFORMANCE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMODILUTION; HEPARINIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRESSURE VOLUME CURVE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RAT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VOLUMETRY;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; ARTIFACTS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEMATOCRIT; MALE; PLETHYSMOGRAPHY, IMPEDANCE; RATS; RATS, WISTAR; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STROKE VOLUME; VENTRICULAR FUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 34447124964     PISSN: 15678822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10558-007-9027-7     Document Type: Article

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