Liver cirrhosis and arterial hypertension

Figure 1 Controls without liver disease, nor-motensive and hypertensive patients with cirrhosis, and patients with essential hyperten-sion. A, Mean arterial blood pressure; B, cardiac output; C, central blood volume as percent of blood volume (CBV/BV); D, systemic vas-cular resistance; and E: arterial compliance. From Henriksen et al. (Ref. 31). Open boxes re-present normotensive subjects, gray boxes are hypertensive.