Preload vs Afterload|Hemodynamics|Blood Pressure - a podcast by Jon Haws RN: Nursing Podcast Host, Critical Care Nurse, Nursing School Mentor, & NCLEX Educator

from 2014-10-27T06:00

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What is Preload? The best way to think of preload is as a volume. Essentially, preload is the VOLUME of blood in the ventricles at the end of diastole. This is termed End Diastolic Volume (EDV), thus at the very end of diastole, if you look at that volume of blood sitting in the ventricles . […]