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The VCS research laboratory is equipped to perform
state - of - the - art in vivo cardiovascular studies, including myocardial energetics and systolic and diastolic performance (left ventricular pressure - volume relationship), high fidelity vascular pressure studies, aortic flow - velocity relationship (input impedance),
cardiac output (thermodilution) using Swan - Ganz catheters, echocardiography and ultrasonographic determination of flow velocity within blood vessels, and conventional and signal - averaged electrocardiography.
Its evaluation is relevant for the identification of cardiovascular abnormalities like hypotension, dysrhythmias, hyperdynamic
states, decreased
cardiac output and peripheral vasoconstriction.