The venous contribution to cardiovascular performance: From systemic veins to left ventricular function: A review
The venous system contains ≈ 70 % of the total blood volume and is responsible in heart failure for key symptoms of congestion. It is active: it can increase or relax its tone with physiologic or pharmacologic stimuli. It is heterogeneous, behaves as a two-compartment model, compliant (splanchnic ve...
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Medical Society of the Republic of Srpska, Banja Luka, University of Banja Luka. Faculty of Medicine
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Scripta Medica |
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| Online Access: | https://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/2490-3329/2021/2490-33292104299B.pdf |