Meaning of rheocardiography | Babel Free

Definitions

The measurement of hemodynamic parameters of the heart (such as stroke volume and cardiac output) by passing a high-frequency current of small amplitude through the chest and recording changes in electrical resistance.

countable, uncountable

Examples

“Rheocardiography seemed to be of valuable assistance in diagnosing these cases and in recording the separate stages of the condition.”

“The biophysical principles of impedance rheocardiography were first substantiated by Russian (A. A. Kedrov, Yu. T. Pushkar) and foreign (W. G. Kubicek, B. Sramek) researchers in the 1940-1960s.”

“Judging from results of rheocardiography, the increase in the severity of cooling is accompanied by an increase in hemodynamic and cardiac rhythm impairment and increase of blood pressure.”

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