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Mechanical Interaction of Respiration and Circulation

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Abstract

The sections in this article are:

1 Stress on Right Heart
2 Stress on Left Heart
3 Stress on Intrapulmonary Vessels
4 Stress on Left Ventricle from Ventricular Interdependence
5 Stress on Outer Surface of Abdominal Viscera
6 Summary
Figure 1. Figure 1.

Schema showing sites where mechanical effects of respiration result from application of mechanical stress to various parts of the circulatory system. 1, Surface of heart; 2, pulmonary blood vessels; 3, interventricular septum; and 4, abdominal vessels.



Figure 1.

Schema showing sites where mechanical effects of respiration result from application of mechanical stress to various parts of the circulatory system. 1, Surface of heart; 2, pulmonary blood vessels; 3, interventricular septum; and 4, abdominal vessels.

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Solbert Permutt, Robert A. Wise. Mechanical Interaction of Respiration and Circulation. Compr Physiol 2011, Supplement 12: Handbook of Physiology, The Respiratory System, Mechanics of Breathing: 647-656. First published in print 1986. doi: 10.1002/cphy.cp030336