Portal:Cardiovascular system
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The cardiovascular system, also called the circulatory system or the vascular system, is an organ system that permits blood to circulate and transport nutrients (such as amino acids and electrolytes), oxygen, carbon dioxide, hormones, and blood cells to and from the cells in the body to provide nourishment and help in fighting diseases, stabilize temperature and pH, and maintain homeostasis. It also includes includes the lymphatic system, which circulates lymph.
Autonomic nervous system dysfunction resulting in orthostatic intolerance (e.g., Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and orthostatic hypotension), low blood volume, preload failure and other circulatory issues are all thought to contribute to the symptoms of ME. (more...)
David M. Systrom, MD, practices Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and is the Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Cardiopulmonary laboratory, both in Boston, Massachusetts, US. He teaches as an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Dr Systrom has pioneered the invasive cardiopulmonary exercise test for myalgic encephalomyelitis/
- Blood
- Cardiopulmonary exercise test
- Cardiovascular problems in ME/CFS
- Cardiovascular system
- Dysautonomia
- Heart
- Heart palpitation
- Heart rate variability
- Myocarditis
- Preload failure
- Small heart syndrome
- Transient ischemic attack
- Two-day cardiopulmonary exercise test
- Vagus nerve
- VO2 Max
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