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| AS VOLUME INCREASES WHAT DOES COMPLIANCE DO? |
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| IT DECREASES. COMPLIANCE IS DV/DP |
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| WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE DIASTOLIC FUNCTION CURVE WHEN YOU HAVE A NON-COMPLIANT VENTRICLE? |
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| THE CURVE IS GOING TO SHIFT UP AND TO THE LEFT. AT ANY GIVEN PRELOAD THE SLOPE IS INCREASED. |
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| IF YOU PUT A SAME AMOUNT OF VOLUME FROM A NML VENTRICLE INTO A LESS COMPLIANT VENTRICLE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PRESSURE? |
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| FOR A NON-COMPLIANT VENTRICLE IF YOU KEEP THE LVEDP WITHIN NML RANGE WHAT HAPPENS TO THE STROKE VOLUME? |
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| WHEN YOU HAVE A DECREASE IN COMPLIANCE WHAT DOES THAT DO TO THE LVEDV AND LVEDP? |
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| DECREASES LVEDV AND LVEDP INCREASES |
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| WHAT RESULTS R/T A REDUCTION IN LV COMPLIANCE? |
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Definition
| MAY LEAD TO PULMONARY CONGESTION AND PULMONARY EDEMA |
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| WHAT RESULTS R/T A REDUCTION IN RV COMPLIANCE? |
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| PERIPHERAL EDEMA AND ASCITIES |
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| AN INCREASE IN SLOPE INDICATES A DECREASE IN COMPLIANCE. THEREFORE WE ARE GOING TO END UP WITH 1 OF 2 THINGS. WHAT ARE THEY? |
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| A DECREASE IN LVEDV OR INCREASE IN LVEDP OR BOTH. LUSITROPY CAUSES THIS. |
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| IF YOU HAVE SYSTOLIC DYSFUNCTION WHAT DOES THAT DO TO CONTRACTILITY? |
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| WHAT DOES THE ACTIVE TENSION CURVE DO IF YOU HAVE A REDUCTION IN CONTRACTILITY? |
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| SHIFTS DOWN AND TO THE RIGHT |
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| WHAT HAPPEBS IF CONTRACTILITY IS DECREASED? |
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| THE PRELOAD WIL INCREASE BECAUSE THE SV HAS GONE DOWN, BECAUSE I'M NOT PUMPING AS MUCH BLOOD. IF I DECREASE CONTRACTILITY, I'M GOING TO DECREASE SHORTENING VELOCITY. SO IF I DECREASE MY SHORTENING VELOCITY, I'M NOT PUSHING OUT AS FAST, I NED UP WITH A REDUCED EJECTION AND STROKE VOLUME. |
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