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Medical Definition of Frank-Starling curve
1. A graph in which cardiac output or stroke volume is plotted against mean atrial or ventricular end-diastolic pressure; with increasing venous return and atrial pressure the output proportionately increases until further increments overload the heart and the output falls. Synonym: Frank-Starling curve. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Frank-Starling Curve
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