STUDIES ON STARLINGS LAW OF HEART .9. EFFECTS OF IMPEDING VENOUS RETURN ON PERFORMANCE OF NORMAL + FAILING HUMAN LEFT VENTRICLE
STUDIES ON STARLINGS LAW OF HEART .9. EFFECTS OF IMPEDING VENOUS RETURN ON PERFORMANCE OF NORMAL + FAILING HUMAN LEFT VENTRICLE
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DOI:
10.1161/01.cir.30.5.719
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发表时间:
1964-01-01
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影响因子:
37.8
通讯作者:
BRAUNWALD, E
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作者:
ROSS, J;BRAUNWALD, E
The acute circulatory responses to impeding venous return to the heart by the inflation of a balloon in the inferior vena cava were determined in 14 patients undergoing left heart catheterization. In the 5 patients without clinical or hemodynamic evidence of impaired left ventricular function, left ventricular end-diastolic pressure fell, and the decrease was accompanied by reductions in the cardiac index, left ventricular stroke volume, and left ventricular stroke work. In 9 patients with impaired left ventricular function, directionally similar responses were noted, although the left ventricular function curves relating left ventricular end-diastolic pressure to left ventricular stroke work were generally flatter and lower than those in the patients without left ventricular disease. In none of the patients did a significant increase in cardiac index, stroke volume, or left ventricular stroke work occur during inflation of the balloon. It is concluded that the Starling relationship appears to operate in a directionally similar manner both in the normal and the depressed human left ventricle, and that the left ventricles of patients with impaired function are not on a descending limb of the curve. However, a descending limb of the left ventricular Starling curve may be become apparent when an additional work load is imposed on the diseased ventricle.