Evaluation of Cardiac Output by Bioimpedance Method

This book deals with the possibility of using impedance cardiography for calculation of cardiac output. Kubicek?s, Sramek?s and Sramek-Bernstein?s methods are discussed here. These methods were applied to a data set, obtained by measuring on subjects with implanted pacemakers. The subjects? heart rate was being changed by the programming of pacemakers. Thanks to this procedure the measured data were not affected by artifacts, connected with the heart rate change caused by a body stress, or other influences. An influence of heart rate on a cardiac output value based on the statistical processing of the data set was studied.