“…Body surface area (BSA = 0.024265 AE weight(kg) 0.5378 AE height (m) 0.3964 ) [12]; hematocrit, hemoglobin, and osmolality (Roebling osmometer, Berlin, Germany); estimates of total body water, fat and fat-free mass (body impedance analyzer, BIA-101/S, Akern, RJL system, Detroit, MI, USA) after 30 min in supine position; plasma volume (indocyanine green dilution) after 45 min of supine rest [11]; heart rate (MAC-vu, Marquette, Milwaukee, WI, USA), systolic, diastolic, mean, and pulse blood pressures (Finapres 2300, Ohmeda, Englewood, NJ, USA), amplitude of the first derivative impedance (an index of stroke volume), contractility index, left ventricular ejection time, and slow ejection time (transthoracic impedance, Physioflow, Manatech Biomedical, Macheren, France) [1] during the last 5 min of supine rest.…”