Romain BarthélémyJan 9, 2023

A good idea and its validation.

Because LVOT area is related to body surface area:

echoVTI x HR x k = indexed CO

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36496041/

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A simplified echocardiographic formula to estimate cardiac index in the intensive care unit - PubMed

In this study, we validated a practical approach, leveraging on TTE LVOT-VTI and HR only, for non-invasive estimation of CI in ICU patients.

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