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Colombian Journal of Anestesiology
Print version ISSN 0120-3347
Abstract
RIVEROS PEREZ, Efraín. Análisis matemático de la curva presión-volumen del ventrículo izquierdo. Rev. colomb. anestesiol. [online]. 2008, vol.36, n.4, pp.265-268. ISSN 0120-3347.
Objective: To present a practical approach to cardiac performance factors based upon physical and mathematical foundations that lie under the left ventricular pressure volume loop. methods: Theoretical analysis of the left ventricular pressure volume loop. Conclusions: The process of reanimation in the critically-ill population depends on indirect measurements of left ventricular performance factors, often derived from invasive maneuvers. Theoretical limitations from pulmonary artery catheter-derived calculations become obvious, and warrant the development of new methods that allow displaying left ventricular pressure-volume loop at the bedside.
Keywords : pressure volume loop; mathematical analysis.