What immediate effect should be there after vasoconstriction

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The discussion centers on the immediate effects of vasoconstriction on blood pressure and cardiac output, utilizing an analogy to Ohm's Law. Participants clarify that while vasoconstriction increases systemic vascular resistance (SVR) and subsequently raises mean arterial pressure (MAP), the heart rate and cardiac output (CO) do not instantaneously adjust. The primary effect of vasoconstriction is an elevation in blood pressure, while secondary responses, such as changes in heart rate due to baroreceptor reflexes, occur later. Key references include the works of Boron and Guyton, which support the complexity of these physiological responses.

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  • Understanding of mean arterial pressure (MAP) and systemic vascular resistance (SVR)
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as we know vascular circuit is analogue to simple resistant circuit of resistance in parallel combination
and as the voltage in resistance circuit can only be changed by the battery and change in resistance follows change in current ,,,likewise change in resistance in vascular circuit should be followed by change in blood flow and except heart no other factor should change the systemic B.P
this theory is applicable in most of the cases like change in BP by sympathetic system during exercise AND also the local metabolite theory for vaso-dilation also support this ..
but i am confused about the vaso-constrictor effect of the angiotensin 2 in which change in peripheral resistance increases blood pressure???
 
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The ohms law correspodence is

Map ~ co x svr

Map = mean arterial pressure
Co = cardiac output
Svr = systemic vascular resistance

Symphatetic drive works by upregulation the sinoatrial node pacemaker cells -> increase heart rate.

And co = sv x heartrate
Sv = stroke volume unless svr or sv change

Angiotensin increase svr by vasoconstriction and thus increase blood presssure.

Maybe i didnt understand the question

/Fredrik
 
Actually in this formula if we increase the resistance then two factors can change either the cardiac output due to change in venous return or the arterial blood pressure
But i didnt understand which factor should change
Why arterial pressure changes in this conditon Why not cardiac output
 
Ok now i see the concern.

Yes the complete regulatory network for human are certainly more complex than some "ohms law" analogy and indeed many things can and do happen but one should distinguish between primary responses and secondary responses.

The purpose of the "Ohms law" analogy for the heart is to be a simple description only of the primary interconnections between co bp and svr.

The heart volume and rate will not instantly change due to a remote vasoconstriction, thus the primary effect is elevated blood pressure. Heart rate are primarily influenced by the sympathetic and parsymphatetic nervoussystems and hormones in the blood only.

Otoh, as secondary effects more complex things can happen. For example the elevated bp can trigger the baroreceptor reflex that will drop the heartrate by downregulating sa node, and thus lowering co. But this a secondary effect of sudden vasoconstriction not the primary one.

Understanding the full dynamic blood regulatory systems requires that one also understand the secondary effects and their interconnections. Which isn't trivial.
 
but according to my view there should be no such elevation of blood pressure as a primary effect of vasoconstriction because in vascular circuit all organs are arranged in parallel and if there is change in vascular resistance there should be change in blood flow only and only by altering the activity of heart can change the blood pressure
 
is there is some relation with impedance of large arteries and total resistance of vascular circuit with reference to answer of my question
please help me i have read a lot of books for this topic but still i am confused ..some book support my view about this topic like "boron" and "guyton"
 

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