Editorial
Copyright ©2006 Baishideng Publishing Group Co.
World J Gastroenterol. Jan 28, 2006; 12(4): 526-538
Published online Jan 28, 2006. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i4.526
Table 1 Circulatory changes in patients with 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 ↓
Heart
Left atrial volume ↑
Left ventricular volume →(↓)
Right atrial volume→↑↓
Right ventricular volume →↑↓
Right atrial pressure →↑
Right ventricular end-diastolic pressure →
Pulmonary artery pressure →↑
Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure →
Left ventricular end-diastolic pressure →
Pulmonary circulation
Pulmonary blood flow ↑
Pulmonary vascular resistance ↓(↑)
Renal circulation
Renal blood flow ↓
Renal vascular resistance ↑
Cerebral circulation
Cerebral blood flow ↓ →
Cutaneous and skeletal muscle circulation
Cutaneous blood flow →↑
Skeletal muscular blood flow →↑
↑ Increase, → No change, ↓ Decrease.