Normal Values for Cardiac Index and Related Measurements
Measurement | Normal Value | SD |
|---|---|---|
Oxygen uptake | 143 mL/minute/m2* | 14.3 |
Arteriovenous oxygen difference | 4.1 dL | 0.6 |
Cardiac index | 3.5 L/minute/m2 | 0.7 |
Stroke index | 46 mL/beat/m2 | 8.1 |
Total systemic resistance | 1130 dynes-second-cm-5 | 178 |
Total pulmonary resistance | 205 dynes-second-cm-5 | 51 |
Pulmonary arteriolar resistance | 67 dynes-second-cm-5 | 23 |
* Varies with body mass index. | ||
SD = standard deviation. | ||
Adapted from Barratt-Boyes BG, Wood EH: Cardiac output and related measurements and pressure values in the right heart and associated vessels, together with an analysis of the hemodynamic response to the inhalation of high oxygen mixtures in healthy subjects. Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine 51:72–90, 1958. | ||
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