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. 2010 May 13;87(2):331–339. doi: 10.1093/cvr/cvq145

Figure 1.

Figure 1

The functional components that affect myocardial fluid balance. A, coronary arteries; V, coronary veins; CS, coronary sinus; TV, thebesian veins; I, myocardial interstitium; C, microvascular exchange vessels (capillaries); P, compressive force in the ventricular wall due to cardiac contractions; JV, transmicrovascular fluid flow rate; QL, lymph flow rate. (Modified from Laine and Granger.9)