摘要 |
A method and system is provided for determining the cardiac contractility of a cardiovascular system. The method includes utilizing values representing stroke volume, preload, and afterload to calculate the cardiac contractility. The calculation may include a mathematical relationship in which the cardiac contractility is represented by a first edge of a tetrahedron, the preload is represented by a second edge of the tetrahedron, the afterload is represented by a third edge of the tetrahedron, and the stroke volume is represented by the volume of the tetrahedron. A display apparatus is also provided. The display apparatus includes a schematic representation of a tetrahedron and indicia indicating that the cardiac contractility, the preload, the afterload, and the stroke volume are represented by mutually distinct parameters of the tetrahedron.
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