Pericardium modulates left and right ventricular stroke volumes to compensate for sudden changes in atrial volume

American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology

Volumn 284, Issue 6 53-6, 2003, Pages

  Kroeker, Carol A Gibbons ^a   Shrive, Nigel G ^a   Belenkie, Israel ^a   Tyberg, John V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cardiac output; Orthostatic hypotension; Transmural pressure; Ventricular interaction

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG; HEART BEAT; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART OUTPUT; HEART RIGHT VENTRICLE VOLUME; HEART STROKE VOLUME; HEART VENTRICLE ENDDIASTOLIC PRESSURE; HEART VOLUME; NONHUMAN; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PERICARDIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STARLING LAW;

EID: 0038444100     PISSN: 03636135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00613.2002     Document Type: Article

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