Figure 1From: Validation of a new transpulmonary thermodilution system to assess global end-diastolic volume and extravascular lung waterTranspulmonary thermodilution curve. The assessment of global end-diastolic volume (GEDV) by the PiCCO™ system is based on the mean transit time (MTt) and exponential downslope time (DSt), while the assessment of GEDV by the new VolumeView™ method is based on MTt, maximum ascending slope (S1) and maximum descending slope (S2).Back to article page