Open AccessStudies in Experimental Pericardial Tamponade
Author(s) -
James Metcalfe,
John W. Woodbury,
Victor Richards,
C. Sidney Burwell
Publication year - 1952
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.5.4.518
Subject(s) - medicine , tamponade , cardiac tamponade , cardiology , pericardium , venous pressure , pericardial fluid , central venous pressure , blood pressure , pericardial cavity , right heart , heart rate
As intrapericardial pressure is increased by the introduction of saline into the pericardial cavity, cardiac output falls. Intravascular pressures, arterial and venous, pulmonary as well as systemic, approach the same value. This equalization of intravascular pressure is due to the decreasing ability of the heart to maintain normal distribution of blood within the vessels.
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