Table 2.
Systemic circulation |
Plasma volume ↑ |
Total blood volume ↑ |
Non-central blood volume ↑ |
Central and arterial blood volume ↓ (→) |
Cardiac output ↑ |
Arterial blood pressure ↓ (→) |
Heart rate ↑ |
Systemic vascular resistance ↓ |
Arterial and total vascular compliance ↑ |
Heart |
Left atrial volume ↑ |
Left ventricular volume → (↑) |
Right atrial volume → ↑ ↓ |
Right ventricular volume → ↑ ↓ |
Right atrial pressure → ↑ |
Right ventricular end diastolic pressure → |
Pulmonary artery pressure → ↑ |
Left ventricular end diastolic pressure → |
Hepatic and splanchnic circulation |
Hepatic blood flow ↓ → (↑) |
Hepatic venous pressure gradient ↑ |
Postsinusoidal resistance ↑ |
Renal circulation |
Renal blood flow ↓ |
Glomerular filtration rate ↓ → |
Pulmonary circulation |
Pulmonary blood flow ↑ |
Pulmonary vascular resistance ↓ (↑)1 |
Cutaneous and skeletal muscle circulation |
Skeletal muscular blood flow ↑ → ↓ |
Cutaneous blood flow ↑ → ↓ |
Portopulmonary syndrome. ↑ → ↓ denote: Increased, unchanged, or decreased, respectively. Parenthesis denotes less frequent changes.