Peer-reviewed veterinary case report
Cardiac output monitoring in horses.
- Journal:
- The Veterinary clinics of North America. Equine practice
- Year:
- 2013
- Authors:
- Shih, Andre
- Affiliation:
- Department of Large Animal Clinical Science · United States
- Species:
- horse
Abstract
Cardiac output (CO) is the volume of blood pumped out by the heart in 1 minute. Monitoring of CO can guide therapy and improve clinical outcome in critically ill patients and during anesthesia. Although there is increasing research into clinically useful methods of monitoring CO in equine patients, there are limitations to the available methods. There are 4 basic methods of measuring CO: (1) indicator methods, (2) a derivation of the Fick principle, (3) arterial pulse wave analysis, and (4) imaging diagnostic techniques. This article discusses the importance of CO, available technology, and challenges of monitoring CO in equine medicine.
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