The interplay between ‘rest volume’, mean circulatory filling pressure, and cardiac output that drives venous return

From the Department of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Thessaly, Larisa, Greece (AC), Outcomes Research Consortium, Cleveland, Ohio, USA (AC) Correspondence to Prof. Athanasios Chalkias, MD, MSc, PhD, FESC, FAcadTM, FCP, FESAIC, University Hospital of Larisa, Department of Anesthesiology, C Wing, 2nd Floor, PC 41110, Mezourlo, Larisa, Greece Tel: +302413502953; fax: +302413501017; e-mail: [email protected]