A cardiac function curve is a graph showing the relationship between right atrial pressure (x-axis) and cardiac output (y-axis).[citation needed] Superimposition...

to the heart. It normally limits cardiac output. Superposition of the cardiac function curve and venous return curve is used in one hemodynamic model...

of labor Cardiac function curve Dose–response curve Growth curve (biology) Oxygen–hemoglobin dissociation curve Forgetting curve Learning curve Species–area...

Cardiac electrophysiology is a branch of cardiology and basic science focusing on the electrical activities of the heart. The term is usually used in...

variable) but it's incorrect. The cardiac output is the independent variable. In Guyton model's venous return curve, he plotted the right atrial pressure...

blood stretches cardiac muscle, leading to an increase in the force of contraction. The Frank-Starling mechanism allows the cardiac output to be synchronized...

In cardiac physiology, cardiac output (CO), also known as heart output and often denoted by the symbols Q {\displaystyle Q} , Q ˙ {\displaystyle {\dot...

An artificial cardiac pacemaker, commonly referred to as simply a pacemaker, is an implanted medical device that generates electrical pulses delivered...

measure of cardiac function. In 1952, Bing and colleagues used a minor modification of Nylin's suggestion (EDV/SV) to assess right ventricular function using...

tropomyosin. Muscle tissue varies with function and location in the body. In vertebrates, the three types are: skeletal, cardiac (both striated), and smooth muscle...

and pumps, including the heart. A considerable amount of information on cardiac performance can be determined from the pressure vs. volume plot (pressure–volume...

increase in mean systemic pressure is reflected in a shift of the vascular function curve to the right. Mean systemic pressure is decreased by a decrease in blood...

gastroesophageal sphincter into the cardiac orifice, the opening into the gastric cardia. A cardiac notch at the left of the cardiac orifice, marks the beginning...

sinoatrial myocytes, the cardiac pacemaker "funny" (If) current has been extensively characterized and its role in cardiac pacemaking has been investigated...

to predict volume-responsiveness (i.e. whether more fluid will improve cardiac output). However, there is increasing evidence that CVP, whether as an...

standard for HRV measurement because it provides a direct reflection of cardiac electric activity. Reduced HRV has been shown to be a predictor of mortality...

an average calculated blood pressure in an individual during a single cardiac cycle. Although methods of estimating MAP vary, a common calculation is...

heart, and cardiac tumors. With advanced measurements of the movement of the tissue with time (Tissue Doppler), it can measure diastolic function, fluid status...

people and those with poor kidney function. It is unclear whether use during pregnancy is safe. Digoxin is in the cardiac glycoside family of medications...

resistance is used in calculations of blood pressure, blood flow, and cardiac function. Vasoconstriction (i.e., decrease in blood vessel diameter) increases...

Aortic valve replacement is a cardiac surgery procedure whereby a failing aortic valve is replaced with an artificial heart valve. The aortic valve may...

include: Pain in the back at the site of the curve, which may radiate to the legs Respiratory or cardiac problems in severe cases Constipation due to...

rapid way to directly assess ventilation status and indirectly assess cardiac function. Clinical studies are expected to uncover further uses of capnography...

depend on sodium channel functions: namely, the strength-duration time constant, the recovery cycle, the stimulus-response curve, and the current-threshold...

termed the "monophasic curve". Associated with these ECG changes, there may be small elevations in the blood levels of cardiac damage marker enzymes,...

indicates that a plot of opening probability for RyR as a function of Ca2+ concentration is a bell-curve. Furthermore, RyR can sense the Ca2+ concentration inside...

pericardial cavity, a thin sac hosting a small amount of fluid. The four cardiac valves are kept in their place partly because of the fibrous skeleton of...

exhalation Tension pneumothorax Heart failure Pleural effusion Decreased cardiac output Cardiac tamponade Mechanical ventilation and the application of positive...

thromboplastin time (aPTT) which measure coagulation factor function, but TEG also can assess platelet function, clot strength, and fibrinolysis which these other...

This interpretation of Adolph Ficks' formulation for cardiac output by time/temperature curves is an expedient but limited and invasive model of right...