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Bainbridge's reflex
Associated persons:
Francis Arthur Bainbridge
Description:
Increased heart rate due to an increase of the right atrial pressure.
Bibliography:
- F. A. Bainbridge:
The influence of venous filling upon the rate of the heart.
Journal of Physiology, Cambridge, 1915, 50: 65-84.
We thank Patrick Jucker-Kupper, Switzerland, for information submitted.
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