Ocular pneumoplethysmography in cardiac pacing

Pacing Clin Electrophysiol. 1983 Nov;6(6):1268-72. doi: 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1983.tb04469.x.

Abstract

Variations in ocular blood flow (OBF) reflect variations in cardiac stroke output very closely. The use of ocular pneumoplethysmography (OPG-Gee) for the measurement of OBF is a simple, noninvasive method of assessing the hemodynamics of ventricular versus atrioventricular sequential pacing.

MeSH terms

  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / physiopathology
  • Arrhythmias, Cardiac / therapy
  • Cardiac Output
  • Cardiac Pacing, Artificial / methods*
  • Eye / blood supply*
  • Heart / physiopathology
  • Hemodynamics
  • Humans
  • Ischemia / physiopathology
  • Plethysmography / methods
  • Pulse
  • Regional Blood Flow