Archive - The Dependent Variable

Episode VII: The Last Equation

Venous Return Wars

Aug 17 • The Dependent Variable

Episode VI: The Bathtub Menace

Venous Return Wars

Aug 10 • The Dependent Variable

Episode V: The Reservoir Awakens

Venous Return Wars

Aug 3 • The Dependent Variable

July 2026

Episode IV: The Phantom Pressure

Venous Return Wars

Jul 25 • The Dependent Variable

Episode III: Return of the Elastic State

Venous Return Wars

Jul 21 • The Dependent Variable

Episode II: The Numerator Strikes Back

Venous Return Wars

Jul 14 • The Dependent Variable

Episode I: A New Gradient

Venous Return Wars

Jul 9 • The Dependent Variable

The Capacitance Problem

A term that means everything and explains nothing.

Jul 5 • The Dependent Variable

June 2026

Venous Congestion Is Not Back-Pressure

Why high venous pressure harms organs — but not by pushing blood backwards

Jun 19 • The Dependent Variable

Blood Doesn't Flow Because of Pressure

On misreading equations as mechanisms

Jun 14 • The Dependent Variable

I Was Taught the Variables Before the System

Why haemodynamics is often understood poorly and taught worse

Jun 12 • The Dependent Variable

Why The Dependent Variable?

Rebuilding cardiovascular physiology from first principles

Jun 9 • The Dependent Variable

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