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Assessment of Cardiovascular Function

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Hemodynamics describes the complex interactions between myocardial function, blood flow, vascular pressure, resistance, and intravascular volume. Beginning in 1628 with William Harvey’s description of the circulation of blood, the study of hemodynamics has been focused on macrocirculatory measures such as stroke volume and vascular resistance. Recently, the concept of maintaining hemodynamic coherence between the macro- and microcirculations has led to greater study of microcirculatory assessment tools. Near-infrared spectroscopy and cardiovascular biomarkers are examples of tools that may better reflect microcirculatory integrity. Currently, most hemodynamic assessment tools remain macrocirculatory in nature and will be the focus of this chapter.

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  1. Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USA

    Frank A. Maffei

  2. Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Scranton, PA, USA

    Frank A. Maffei

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  1. Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, Hershey, PA, USA

    Steven E. Lucking

  2. Division of Pediatric Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital, Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA, USA

    Frank A. Maffei

  3. Department of Pediatrics/Divisions of Pediatric Critical and Palliative Care Medicine, Janet Weis Children’s Hospital at Geisinger, Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine, Danville, PA, USA

    Robert F. Tamburro

  4. Department of Pediatrics, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters, Norfolk, VA, USA

    Arno Zaritsky

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Maffei, F.A. (2021). Assessment of Cardiovascular Function. In: Lucking, S.E., Maffei, F.A., Tamburro, R.F., Zaritsky, A. (eds) Pediatric Critical Care . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-53363-2_16

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