Cardiac Output Assessment by Transthoracic Electrical Bio-impedance in Patients of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Comparative Analysis with Echocardiography.
Indian J Physiol Pharmacol
; 60(1): 108-12, 2016.
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ABSTRACT
Objectives:
Transthoracic electrical bio-impedance (TEB) has been proposed as a non-invasive and continuous method of cardiac output (CO) measurement, but it still has not found wide usages in clinics. The present study measured CO, using a new instrument NICOMON, and compared it with Echocardiography (ECHO) in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients.Methods:
In the present study 100 patients of AMI were assessed by both ECHO and NICOMON for cardiac output and ECHO is considered as a reference method for comparison. TEB CO was measured by passing an alternating current and measuring the bio-impedance across the thorax. End diastolic volume (EDV), End systolic volume (ESV) & Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) diameter, measured by ECHO were used to calculate CO. Various statistical methods like "t"-test & correlation coefficient (r) were used where found suitable.Results:
Results:
Mean TEB-CO (4.03±1.11 l/min) was significantly higher (p<0.001) than mean ECHO-CO (3.80±1.28 l/min) with a mean difference of 0.25±1.02 l/min.Conclusions:
NICOMON measures CO non-invasively but, it needs more elaborative studies on a larger sample to establish it as an alternative method of ECHO for cardiac output measurement on regular basis.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Débito Cardíaco
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Cardiografia de Impedância
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Infarto do Miocárdio
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Indian J Physiol Pharmacol
Ano de publicação:
2016
Tipo de documento:
Article