Population
101 men, women, and children
Design
Cross-sectional
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Supports pulmonary vessels as postural blood depot in tall subjects; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Total hemoglobin and height correlate with pulse frequency and left ventricular filling rate in the standing position, supporting the role of pulmonary blood vessels as a blood depot.
Kjellberg et al. (1950) studied this question.
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