# 09 Starling

## Starling Curve

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* preload can be either pressure or volume
* the more you load the ventricle with fluid, the more it'll pump 
* allows heart to pump with higher venous return, otherwise blood would pool in venous system

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* shifting to left: at same preload, more stroke volume

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* TPR = SVR = peripheral resistance

## Venous Return

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* venous return = CO: blood returned to heart = blood pumped out of heart
* X axis could be either venous return or CO
* as CO increases, RAP falls

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* RAP equal to venous pressure from SVC/IVC 
* Increased CO: pulls more blood out of RV/RA, lowers RA pressure

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* how actually drawn

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* MSFP defined by volume in venous system and tone of veins in body
* MSFP = pressure when CO is 0

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* green: right shift

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* increased TPR: same CO leads to lower venous pressure and lower RAP

## Combined Curves

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### HF

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* lower contractility: shift to right of starling curve
* fluid retention: increased fluid volume, shift venous return curve right
* increased TPR: changes slope of venous return curve

![](https://f001.backblazeb2.com/file/wikiFiles/n4581ov.jpg)

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* lower CO and higher RAP

### Hemorrhage

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* blood loss: shift venous return left
* TPR up: slope left
* contractility: starling curve up

![](https://f001.backblazeb2.com/file/wikiFiles/wJQZRho.jpg)

* lower CO, lower RAP

### Exercise

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* venous contraction from sympathetic activation
* venous contraction: move to right
* decreased TPR: slope right
* higher CO in exercise

### Fistula

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* same as exercise 
* high output heart failure

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* nl: arteriole connectes arteries and veins. Arteries have high resistance
* AV: bypass from A to V with low resistance
* result: TPR down

### Vasopressors

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