Cardiac function curve

A cardiac function curve is a graph showing the relationship between right atrial pressure (x-axis) and cardiac output (y-axis).[citation needed] Superimposition of the cardiac function curve and venous return curve is used in one hemodynamic model.[1]

  1. ^ Brengelmann GL (March 2003). "A critical analysis of the view that right atrial pressure determines venous return". J. Appl. Physiol. 94 (3): 849–59. doi:10.1152/japplphysiol.00868.2002. PMID 12391065.