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What does CI stand for?

Cardiac Index


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Samples in periodicals archive:
Resting cardiac index was higher in CHF patients with an abnormal CO response to exercise vs.
Post-CPB, the ITB patients had a higher cardiac index and lower pulmonary vascular resistance, as well as a trend towards improved left ventricular wall motion.
Implanted, he said, in a "finger-like pocket beneath the skin," it is used to "supplement the heart, give it a break, increase the cardiac index, increase CO.
In March, researchers presented their results at the scientific meeting of the American Heart Association, demonstrating how the drug can reduce CHF symptoms as well as improve hemodynamic values such as capillary wedge pressure and cardiac index.
An increase in cardiac index, a measure of how much blood the heart is putting into circulation for the body's organs (secondary endpoint).
[78,79] Exercise training guidelines are listed in Table 5 and include the attainment of a cardiac index of 1.
5 support * Reported overall MACE was low at 6% * 30-day survival rate was 97% AMI patient results in USpella * Impella was used after conventional therapies failed, (88% after emergent revascularization; 88% after high-dose inotropes; 68% after IABP therapy) * Impella improved hemodynamics in AMI shock patients, improving cardiac index from 1.
Subsequent diagnostic cardiac catheterization showed normal right heart filling pressures with a normal left ventricular diastolic pressure of 6 mm Hg, cardiac index of 2.

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