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World J Gastroenterol. Nov 14, 2014; 20(42): 15499-15517
Published online Nov 14, 2014. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v20.i42.15499
Table 2 Circulatory changes in specific vascular beds in cirrhosis
Systemic circulation
Plasma volume ↑
Total blood volume ↑
Non-central blood volume ↑
Central and arterial blood volume ↓ (→)
Cardiac output ↑
Arterial blood pressure ↓ (→)
Heart rate ↑
Systemic vascular resistance ↓
Arterial and total vascular compliance ↑
Heart
Left atrial volume ↑
Left ventricular volume → (↑)
Right atrial volume →↑↓
Right ventricular volume →↑↓
Right atrial pressure →↑
Right ventricular end diastolic pressure →
Pulmonary artery pressure →↑
Left ventricular end diastolic pressure →
Hepatic and splanchnic circulation
Hepatic blood flow ↓→ (↑)
Hepatic venous pressure gradient ↑
Postsinusoidal resistance ↑
Renal circulation
Renal blood flow ↓
Glomerular filtration rate ↓→
Pulmonary circulation
Pulmonary blood flow ↑
Pulmonary vascular resistance ↓ (↑)1
Cutaneous and skeletal muscle circulation
Skeletal muscular blood flow ↑→↓
Cutaneous blood flow ↑→↓