cardiac function

Pulse-generating organ activity

Cardiac function is the heart's ability to pump blood effectively through the body.

Medical contexts assess cardiac function through measurements like ejection fraction and cardiac output: The patient's cardiac function improved after surgery.

Poor cardiac function means the heart isn't circulating blood adequately to meet the body's needs.

systoleHeart muscle contraction phase
afterloadArterial opposition to ejection
myocardiumMuscular tissue of heart
heart muscleTissue powering circulation
preloadInstall in advance

contractility · heart pump · echocardiography · atria · heart rate · resting heart rate · left ventricle · beating heart · stress test · myocardial infarction · beating · output · ejection · pumping · chest compressions · vasodilation · muscle contraction · pulse

Opposites

organ system function

cardiac functionpulmonary function

Lung operational status

lung function · immune function · cognitive function

functional state

cardiac functioncardiac arrest

Abrupt cessation of circulation

asystole · heart failure · cardiac death · flatline · ventricular fibrillation

Family

function, cardiac

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