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SUBMITTER: Persichini R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC9128096 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Persichini Romain R Lai Christopher C Teboul Jean-Louis JL Adda Imane I Guérin Laurent L Monnet Xavier X
Critical care (London, England) 20220524 1
Venous return is the flow of blood from the systemic venous network towards the right heart. At steady state, venous return equals cardiac output, as the venous and arterial systems operate in series. However, unlike the arterial one, the venous network is a capacitive system with a high compliance. It includes a part of unstressed blood, which is a reservoir that can be recruited via sympathetic endogenous or exogenous stimulation. Guyton's model describes the three determinants of venous retur ...[more]