When an alternating current of high frequency is applied to the thorax, the first derivative of the impedance (dZ/dt) is affected by the cardiac cycle, resulting in a characteristic wave form. The maximum negative of this wave occurring during systole together with the length of ejection time (VET), the blood resistivity, the basal impedance (ZO) and the distance between the inner detecting electrodes (L) makes it possible to calculate stroke volume (SV) and related parameters, as cardiac output (CO) and cardiac index (Cl) by a formula developed by Kubicek. Thoracic electrical impedance has been proposed as a non invasive technique to evaluate cardiac emodinamics. In the present study we have evaluated thoracic electrical impedance by comparing it with thermodilution, simultaneously performed in 21 catheterized patients. Reproducibility was assessed by comparing Cl measured several times in the same patient during ten minutes of rest in the supine position: coefficient of variation, expressed as CV = SD/m X 100 was 8,5 +/- 4,2% and 9,4 +/- 3,2% (p = NS) for thermodilution and thoracic electrical impedance respectively. Cl values obtained by both methods correlated well, with little scatter either baseline (r = 0,784, n = 40, p less than 0,001), either after an handgrip manoeuvre (r = 0,629, n = 15, p less than 0,05). This degree of correlation is similar to that observed comparing invasive techniques (Fick, thermodilution, dye dilution) either among them, or with noninvasive methods (echocardiography, gated equilibrium blood pool scintigraphy and ultrasonic Doppler).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

Delfino, M., Carlone, S., Angelici, E., Zona, C., DEL BOLGIA, F., Nigri, A., et al. (1984). Determination of cardiac output by thoracic electric impedance: comparison with thermodilution. GIORNALE ITALIANO DI CARDIOLOGIA, 14(2), 101-107.

Determination of cardiac output by thoracic electric impedance: comparison with thermodilution

DEL BOLGIA, FRANCO;
1984-02-01

Abstract

When an alternating current of high frequency is applied to the thorax, the first derivative of the impedance (dZ/dt) is affected by the cardiac cycle, resulting in a characteristic wave form. The maximum negative of this wave occurring during systole together with the length of ejection time (VET), the blood resistivity, the basal impedance (ZO) and the distance between the inner detecting electrodes (L) makes it possible to calculate stroke volume (SV) and related parameters, as cardiac output (CO) and cardiac index (Cl) by a formula developed by Kubicek. Thoracic electrical impedance has been proposed as a non invasive technique to evaluate cardiac emodinamics. In the present study we have evaluated thoracic electrical impedance by comparing it with thermodilution, simultaneously performed in 21 catheterized patients. Reproducibility was assessed by comparing Cl measured several times in the same patient during ten minutes of rest in the supine position: coefficient of variation, expressed as CV = SD/m X 100 was 8,5 +/- 4,2% and 9,4 +/- 3,2% (p = NS) for thermodilution and thoracic electrical impedance respectively. Cl values obtained by both methods correlated well, with little scatter either baseline (r = 0,784, n = 40, p less than 0,001), either after an handgrip manoeuvre (r = 0,629, n = 15, p less than 0,05). This degree of correlation is similar to that observed comparing invasive techniques (Fick, thermodilution, dye dilution) either among them, or with noninvasive methods (echocardiography, gated equilibrium blood pool scintigraphy and ultrasonic Doppler).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
feb-1984
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Rilevanza internazionale
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Sì, ma tipo non specificato
Settore BIO/09 - FISIOLOGIA
Italian
Con Impact Factor ISI
Thermodilution; Plethysmography, Impedance; Cardiac Output; Heart Diseases; Cardiac Volume; Humans; Adult; Aged; Middle Aged; Cardiography, Impedance; Male; Female
Delfino, M., Carlone, S., Angelici, E., Zona, C., DEL BOLGIA, F., Nigri, A., et al. (1984). Determination of cardiac output by thoracic electric impedance: comparison with thermodilution. GIORNALE ITALIANO DI CARDIOLOGIA, 14(2), 101-107.
Delfino, M; Carlone, S; Angelici, E; Zona, C; DEL BOLGIA, F; Nigri, A; Serra, P; Reale, A
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