Following the £15million investment in a new Intensive Treatment Unit (ITU) at the end of 2023, Croydon Health Services NHS Trust is reaping rewards from new cardiac output technology.

Cardiac output close cardiac outputThe amount of blood pumped by the heart in one minute. Heart Rate x Stroke Volume = Cardiac Output. is the total volume of blood pumped out by the left ventricle ...

An increase in heart rate also allows for waste products to be removed. At rest a person's cardiac output is approximately 5 litres per minute, while during exercise it can increase to as much as ...

Cardiogenic shock remains a challenging clinical syndrome characterized by critically impaired cardiac output, systemic hypoperfusion, and high mortality ...

Chronic heart failure occurs when either the left ventricle, the right ventricle, or both require elevated filling pressures to maintain cardiac output. Heart failure is a syndrome, not a specific ...

As a person inspires, venous return is increased to the right heart and the interventricular septum bulges to the left, impairing left ventricular filling, reducing left heart cardiac output and ...