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| preassure or tension (volume) in ventricle at end of diastole(resting period), inc. w/ inc. volume, inc. w/ventricle failure (inability to eject most of content) |
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| amount of tension heart must pump against to eject volume (SVR-systemic vascular resistance, pulmonary vascular resistance) |
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| % of ventricular volume ejected during systole (norm= 60-70%) |
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| % of ventricular volume ejected during systole (norm= 60-70%) |
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| inadequacy of the heart to pump blood throughout the body |
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| Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) |
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syndrome of pulmonary or systemic circulatory congestion
causes from diseases: 1.dec. myocardial contractility
2. dec. hearts ability to accept adequate blood volume to meet body needs
3. Inc. cardiac workload (HTN, volume overload) |
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