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MPS450

Operators Manual

C-4

Table C-1. Glossary (cont.)

Term Definition

THERMODILUTION The measuring of temperature change, enabled by the injection of a

cold or room-temperature solution (such as saline) into the right

atrium by means of a Swan-Ganz procedure.

VENOUS (1) Of or pertaining to a vein or veins. (2) Returning to the heart through

the great veins.

VENTRICLE A small anatomical cavity or chamber, as of the brain or heart,

especially (1) the chamber on the left side of the heart that receives

arterial blood from the left

atrium and contracts to drive it into the

aorta, and (2) the chamber on the right side of the heart that receives

venous blood from the right atrium and drives it into the pulmonary

artery.

VOLT The International System unit of electric potential and electromotive

force, equal to the difference of electric potential between two points on

a conducting wire carrying a constant current of one

ampere when

the power dissipated between the points is one watt.

WAVEFORM (1) The mathematical representation of a wave, especially a graph of

deviation at a fixed point (baseline) versus time. (2) On an ECG tracing

or output, the size, shape, and distance (in milliseconds) of a P-QRS-T

complex.

WAVELENGTH In a periodic wave, the distance between two points of corresponding

phase in consecutive cycles.

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