Arrhythmias
An approach to arrhythmia, causes, classification and factors contributing to arrhythmogenesis
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Reviewed and revised 12/6/12 Afterload = left ventricular wall tension required to overcome resistance to ejection (impedance to ejection of blood from the heart into the arterial circulation). developed as ventricular muscle fibres shorten during isovolumetric contraction & ejection phases…