Preload vs Afterload |Hemodynamics | Blood Pressure

preload vs afterload

  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 diasotole, if you look at that volume of blood sitting in the ventricles […]