INDEX 



>785 



vena caval 



atrial contraction and, 854 



heart's action and, 854 

 normal respiration and, 855 



oscillatory pressure gradient, 854 

 pressure gradient in, 854 



respiration and, 857 

 Venous circuit 



methods for determination, 1531 

 Venous congestion 



central, venous pressure and, 1031 

 interstitial fluid pressure and, 980 

 peripheral venous pressure and, 1081 

 protein concentration in extravascular 



fluids, 985 

 protein, in interstitial fluid, 985 

 Venous pressure 



abdominal pressure and, 1 1 23 



anticipation and, 1090 



body position and, in pregnancy, 1601 



capillary pressure and, 968 



central 



heart beat and, 1 1 24 



peripheral venous pressure and, 1 08 1 



respiration and, 1 1 24 



venous congestion and, 1081 

 changes, venous return and, 1 1 24 

 clinical evaluation from, 1224 

 cold and, logo 

 coronary, values for, 1542 

 composition, renal lymph and, 1057 

 congestive heart failure and, 1057 

 edema and, 969, 1 240 

 factors affecting, 972, 11 26 

 filtration and, 977 



coefficient and, 989 



rate and, 978, 989 

 fluid absorption and, 982 

 human forearm volume and, 1093 

 hypertension, 1224 

 intrarenal pressure and, 1478 

 left atrial pressure and, 1 1 1 8- 1 1 1 9 

 lymph flow, 969 

 lymphatic pressure and, 1 037 

 measurements in an occluded segment, 



1089 

 peripheral 



hydrostatic pressure and, 1 127 



right atrial pressure and, 1 127 



venous congestion and, 1081 



venous flow and, 1 127 

 pulmonary, elevation, lymph flow, and, 



1052 

 pulse methods, 1090 

 renal lymph flow and, 1056 

 serotonin and, 1088 

 sympathetic stimulation and, 970 

 transverse muscle in veins and, 882 

 uterine contractions and, 1606 

 venous return and, 1 1 26 

 venous system and, 1079 

 Venous return 



acute left heart failure and, 1 1 20 

 acute right heart failure and, 1 1 2 1 

 arterial resistance and, 1 1 08 

 bilateral femoral A-V fistulae and, 1 108 

 blood 



transfusion, 1 1 14 



volume and, 1 1 10, 1 1 14 

 cardiac decompensation, 1 1 1 7 

 cardiac output and, 1 100, 1 1 12 



curves and, 1103-1105, 1111-1118 

 central pulsation and, 11 24 

 circuit analysis applied to, 1100-1102 

 classical analysis, 1 102-1 103 

 complex graphic analysis of, 1 1 1 8-1 122 

 congestive heart failure and, 1 1 1 6 

 definition, 1099 

 exercise and, 1 1 13 



external pressure on heart and, n 04 

 factors affecting, 1 1 22-1 1 26 

 factors regulating, 1100 

 fainting and, 1 1 23 

 heart, recompensation and, 1 1 1 7 

 hemorrhage and, 1 1 1 4 

 local oxygen utilization and, 1 1 26 

 mean systemic pressure and, 1 109 

 muscular exercise, 1 1 13, 1 125 

 myocardial damage, 1 1 15 

 opening the chest, 1 1 15 

 peripheral resistance and, 1 107, 1 108 

 pressure gradient for, 1 107 

 principles of circuit analysis, 1 100 

 pulmonary analysis of, 1 1 18 

 rapid transfusion and, 1 1 1 3 

 rate of epinephrine injection and, 1 1 1 1 

 rectification phenomenon and, 1 1 25 

 right atrial pressure and, 11 06, 11 10, 



1 1 12 

 shock, irreversible and, 1 1 14 

 simplified graphical analysis, 1 103- 



1 1 18 

 statement of problem, 11 00 

 studied with external perfusion circuit, 



1 106 

 sympathetic stimulation, 1 1 12 

 systemic pressure and, 1 1 09 

 tissue metabolism and, 1 1 25 

 vascular resistance and, 1 1 1 8 

 vasomotor tone, 1 1 1 3 

 venous 



collapse and, 1 123 



pressures and, 11 26-1 127 



pump and, 1 122 



resistance and, 1 108 



return curves and, 1 105-1 1 1 1 

 ventricular output and, 1100, 11 20 

 see also Pulmonary venous return 

 Venous return curves 



blood volume and, 1 1 10, 1 122 

 cardiac output curves and, 1103, 11 05 

 epinephrine and, 1 1 10 

 factors affecting, 1 1 1 1 



fluid retention and, 1 1 16 

 mean systemic pressure and, 1 109-1 1 10 

 method of recording, 1 1 05 

 normal, 1 1 06 



normal, methods of establishing, 1107 

 Venous system 



blood flow and, 1079 

 disease, symptoms of, 1218 

 evaluation of status of, 1 223 

 flow in systemic veins, 854 

 peripheral 



innervation, 1076 



pressure, central venous pressure 

 and, 1 08 1 



structure, 1075 

 streamlining in, 772 

 Ventricle, left 



ability to maintain entire circulation, 



791 

 as pressure pump, 790 

 as volume pump, 790 

 changes in wall after birth, 1641 

 deceleration of blood rate, 845 

 linear acceleration of blood, 845 

 output, pulmonary venous return and, 



1 1 1 8-1 1 19 

 pressure, lactic acid and, 1722 

 pressure-volume curves, 762 

 rapid-filling interval, 790 

 Ventricle, right 



ejection pulse, form, 855 

 pressure, 778, 779, 791 



positive pressure breathing and, 1 71 1 

 rapid-filling interval, 790 

 systole, function of, 791 

 Ventricles 



asynchrony in systole, 790 

 blood flow velocity in, 772 

 changes after birth, 791 

 compared with piston pump, 784 

 comparison of left and right, 790 

 configuration changes, 765 

 diastolic suction, functional residual 



capacity and, 7go 

 distensibility, coronary vessels and, 763 

 ejection pulses 



comparison of, 857 



during deceleration, 846 



exercise and, 845 



repair of congenital septal defect 

 and, 857 

 equilibration of left and right, 1120 

 expenditure of energy, 847 

 filling, 786-788 



by atrial contraction, 774 



forces responsible for, 788 



nature of vis a fronte, 789 



rapid and slow, 774 



sequence, 854-855 



suction and, 788 



vis a tergo and vis a fronte, 788 

 function, coronary vessels and, 762 



