Venostasis

Venostasis is the stagnation of blood in dilated veins and capillaries that accompanies heart failure. Tissues perfused with venous blood suffer from hypoxia. The main clinical symptoms include hepatomegaly and increased filling of the jugular veins.

Literature

• POVÝŠIL, Ctibor – ŠTEINER, Ivo, et al. Obecná patologie. 1. edition. Praha : Galén, 2011. 290 pp. ISBN 978-80-7262-773-8.