cardiac performance

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• Cardiac output — (Q or or CO ) is the volume of blood being pumped by the heart, in particular by a left or right ventricle in the time interval of one minute. CO may be measured in many ways, for example dm3/min (1 dm3 equals 1000 cm3 or 1 litre). Q is… …   Wikipedia

• Cardiac surgery — Intervention Two cardiac surgeons performing a cardiac surgery known as coronary artery bypass surgery. Note the use of a steel retractor to forcefully maintain the exposure of the patient s heart …   Wikipedia

• Cardiac Arrest (TV series) — Cardiac Arrest was a controversial medical drama series made for British television by World Productions for the BBC and first broadcast between 1994 and 1996.CreationThe series was created by Jed Mercurio (writing under the pseudonym John… …   Wikipedia

• Cardiac index — (CI) is a vasodynamic parameter that relates the cardiac output (CO) to body surface area (BSA), thus relating heart performance to the size of the individual. The unit of measurement is litres per minute per square metre (l/min/m2). The index is …   Wikipedia

• Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival — The Cardiac Arrest Registry to Enhance Survival or CARES was initiated in 2004 as an agreement between the Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Emergency Medicine at Emory University. It is a simple but powerful… …   Wikipedia

• Cardiac tamponade — A life threatening situation in which there is such a large amount of fluid (usually blood) inside the pericardial sac around the heart that it interferes with the performance of the heart. The end result, if untreated, is low blood pressure,… …   Medical dictionary

• cardiac electrophysiology — clinical cardiac electrophysiology the mechanisms, functions, and performance of the electrical activities of specific regions of the heart; the term is usually used in describing studies of such phenomena by invasive (intracardiac) recording of… …   Medical dictionary

• Clinical cardiac electrophysiology — Cardiac Electrophysiology (also referred to as clinical cardiac electrophysiology , Arrhythmia Services , or electrophysiology), is a branch of the medical specialty of clinical cardiology and is concerned with the study and treatment of rhythm… …   Wikipedia

• Use of performance-enhancing drugs in sport — The use of performance enhancing drugs in sport is commonly referred to by the term doping , particularly by those organizations that regulate competitions. The use of performance enhancing drugs is mostly done to improve athletic performance.… …   Wikipedia

• Tamponade, cardiac — A life threatening situation in which there is such a large amount of fluid (usually blood) inside the pericardial sac around the heart that it interferes with the performance of the heart. The end result, if untreated, is low blood pressure,… …   Medical dictionary

• ventricular performance — the execution of the pumping function of the ventricles, depending on preload, afterload, cardiac contractility, and heart rate; it is measured by cardiac output or work and expressed on a per stroke or per minute basis …   Medical dictionary