Usually means: Pressure heart must pump against.
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  3. Afterload: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

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  1. afterload: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ noun:  (physiology) The load on a working muscle from a constant opposing force

Similar:
load, static load, tributary load, dynamic load, workload, weight, administrative loading, drag, mechanoloading, counterpulsation, more...

Opposite:
preload, precontraction, pre-tension

Phrases:
cardiac afterload, more...

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Similar:
load, static load, tributary load, dynamic load, workload, weight, administrative loading, drag, mechanoloading, counterpulsation, more...

Opposite:
preload, precontraction, pre-tension

Phrases:
cardiac afterload, more...



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