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Blood Pressure Homeostasis

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The circulatory system is a closed-loop system in which cardiac output is dependent upon adequate venous return. Distribution of this output to the various organ systems in amounts appropriate to their needs is accomplished by constriction or relaxation of vascular smooth muscle. Within this closed system, a pressure gradient is discerned, with pressure greatest in the aorta and lowest in the vena cavae.

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  1. Division of Developmental Therapeutics, Revlon Health Care, Tuckahoe, New York, 10707, USA

    Robert A. Vukovich Ph.D.

  2. Division of Medical Affairs, The Squibb Institute for Medical Research, Princeton, New Jersey, 08540, USA

    James R. Knill M.D.

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  1. New York Hospital/Cornell Medical Center, New York, New York, USA

    David B. Case  & John H. Laragh  & 

  2. Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx, New York, USA

    Edmund H. Sonnenblick

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Vukovich, R.A., Knill, J.R. (1980). Blood Pressure Homeostasis. In: Case, D.B., Sonnenblick, E.H., Laragh, J.H. (eds) Captopril and Hypertension. Topics in Cardiovascular Disease. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9179-5_1

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