The increase in transpericardial pressure during respiration-induced negative intrathoracic pressure may act as a negative feedback loop to attenuate increases in ventricular preload and afterload.
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Suggests pericardial constraint may modulate ventricular loading during respiration; leaves open translation to human cardiorespiratory interactions.
Takata et al. (1990) studied this question.
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