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Frank-Starling curve (medicine)


Frank-Starling curve -->
Starling's curve


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.