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Cardiac index: A cardiodynamic measure based on the cardiac output, which is the amount of blood the left ventricle ejects into the systemic circulation in one minute, measured in liters per minute (l/min). Cardiac output can be indexed to a patient's body size by dividing by the body surface area (called the BSA) to yield the cardiac index.
index /in·dex/ (in´deks) pl. indexes, in´dices [L.] 1. forefinger. 2. a unitless quantity, usually a ratio of two measurable quantities having the same dimensions ...
Cardiac index: A cardiodynamic measure based on the cardiac output, which is the amount of blood the left ventricle ejects into the systemic circulation in one minute ...
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Cardiac output divided by the estimated body surface area; an index which relates cardiac output to body size.
cardiac index n. The volume of blood pumped by the heart in a unit of time divided by the body surface area, usually expressed in liters per minute per square meter.