Barbara Ponikowska

Letter to the Editor Reply to the letter regarding the article ‘Lower extremity lymphatic flow is associated with diuretic response in acute heart failure’ Barbara Ponikowska, Barbara Ponikowska Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Wroclaw Medical University, Wroclaw, Poland Search for more papers by this authorJan Biegus, Corresponding Author Jan Biegus Clinical Department of Intensive Cardiac Care, Cardiology, Institute of Heart Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Wroclaw Medical...

Introduction The lymphatic system plays a crucial role in fluid homeostasis by maintaining the fluid balance between the interstitial and intravascular compartments.1 In health, the lymphatic system collects and removes filtered fluid from the interstitial space in the peripheral tissues at a rate that matches fluid accumulation and transports it to the central venous system.