CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE IN RELATION TO CARDIAC “COMPETENCE,” BLOOD VOLUME AND EXERCISE

E. M. Landis, Ellen Brown, M Fauteux, C. Wise

Journal of Clinical Investigation · 1946 · 96 citations · 8 references

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The mechanism by which venous pressure is elevated in human heart disease, and the exact relation between venous pressure and the plethora of late cardiac failure are still uncertain. Starling, primarily from his results with the heart-lung preparation (1), suggested the following se- quence:

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