Clinical review Guyton - the role of mean circulatory filling pressure and right atrial pressure in controlling cardiac output.docVIP

Henderson et al. Critical Care 2010, 14:243 /content/14/6/243 RE VIE W Clinical review: Guyton - the role of mean circulatory ? lling pressure and right atrial pressure in controlling cardiac output William R Henderson* , Donald E G Griesdale , Keith R Walley and A William Sheel 1 1 2 3 A brief history of cardiac output Abstract Traditionally, the heart’s accepted role has been that it not only provides the driving force