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Central venous pressure (CVP) is the blood pressure in the venae cavae, near the right atrium of the heart. CVP reflects the amount of blood returning to the heart and the ability of the heart to pump the blood back into the arterial system.
MAP = mean arterial pressure (mmHg) CVP = central venous pressure (mmHg) CO = cardiac output (L/min) [27] To get this in Wood units the answer is multiplied by 80. Normal systemic vascular resistance is between 900 and 1440 dynes/sec/cm−5. [28]
It is much lower than arterial pressure, with common values of 5 mmHg in the right atrium and 8 mmHg in the left atrium. Variants of venous pressure include: Central venous pressure, which is a good approximation of right atrial pressure, [37] which is a major determinant of right
pressure range (in mmHg) [11] Central venous pressure: 3–8 Right ventricular pressure: systolic: 15–30 diastolic: 3–8 Pulmonary artery pressure: systolic: 15–30 diastolic: 4–12 Pulmonary vein/ Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure. 2–15 Left ventricular pressure: systolic: 100–140 diastolic: 3–12
CVP and RAP can differ when venous tone (i.e the degree of venous constriction) is altered. This can be graphically depicted as changes in the slope of the venous return plotted against right atrial pressure (where central venous pressure increases, but right atrial pressure stays the same; VR = CVP − RAP).
The horizontal axis of Guyton diagram represents right atrial pressure or central venous pressure, and the vertical axis represents cardiac output or venous return. The red curve sloping upward to the right is the cardiac output curve, and the blue curve sloping downward to the right is the venous return curve. A steady state is formed at the ...
The balloon, when inflated, causes the catheter to "wedge" in a small pulmonary blood vessel. So wedged, the catheter can provide an indirect measurement of the pressure in the left atrium of the heart, showing a mean pressure, in addition to a, x, v, and y waves which have implications for status of the left atria and the mitral valve.
The rising central venous pressure is evidenced by distended jugular veins while in a non-supine position. It is caused by reduced diastolic filling of the right ventricle, due to pressure from the adjacent expanding pericardial sac. This results in a backup of fluid into the veins draining into the heart, most notably, the jugular veins.