afterload
Ventricular ejection resistance
Afterload is a medical term for the resistance the heart must overcome to pump blood into the arteries.
High blood pressure increases afterload, making the heart work harder.
Doctors managing heart failure aim to reduce afterload with medications that dilate blood vessels: The patient's afterload was dangerously elevated.
cardiology
Of heart's lower chambers
- aorticOf the main artery
- arterialOf major vessels
- impedanceAC circuit opposition
- hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
vasoconstriction · systole · contractility · vasodilators · hydralazine
ventricular
Of heart's lower chambers
hypertension · vasoconstriction · systole · contractility · vasodilators · hydralazine
- circulationblood, circulation, arteries, veins, bloodstream
- hemodynamicsblood pressure, blood flow, cardiac output, heart rate, contractility
- after-afternoon, aftermath, aftershock, aftertaste, afterward
- Cardiac Cyclesystole, diastole, dub
- Heart Metricsheart rate, blood pressure, pulse, systolic, diastolic