Meanings
plural rheocardiographies
- countableuncountableThe measurement of hemodynamic parameters of the heart (such as stroke volume and cardiac output) by passing a high-frequency current of small amplitude through the chest and recording changes in electrical resistance.
Rheocardiography seemed to be of valuable assistance in diagnosing these cases and in recording the separate stages of the condition.
1951, Excerpta Medica: Pediatrics - Volume 5, page 2342 more examples
The biophysical principles of impedance rheocardiography were first substantiated by Russian (A. A. Kedrov, Yu. T. Pushkar) and foreign (W. G. Kubicek, B. Sramek) researchers in the 1940-1960s.
2000, Critical Reviews in Biomedical Engineering, page 106Judging from results of rheocardiography, the increase in the severity of cooling is accompanied by an increase in hemodynamic and cardiac rhythm impairment and increase of blood pressure.
2012, Nikolai N. Korpan, Basics of Cryosurgery, →ISBN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
- Proto-Indo-European*srew-
- Proto-Indo-European*sréweti
- Proto-Hellenic*hréwō
- Ancient Greekῥέω (rhéō)
- Englishrheo-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱerd-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱḗr
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱr̥díyeh₂
- Proto-Hellenic*kərdíyā
- Ancient Greekκαρδία (kardía)
- Englishcardio-
- Proto-Indo-European*gerbʰ-
- Proto-Hellenic*grə́pʰō
- Ancient Greekγρᾰ́φω (grắphō)
- Ancient Greekγραφή (graphḗ)
- Englishcardiography
- Englishrheocardiography
From rheo- + cardiography.
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