Sentences with phrase «in afterload»

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As a balanced vasodilator, pimobendan dilates both veins and arteries resulting in a reduction in preload and afterload.

Pimobendan is proven to decrease preload and afterload, and this, in combination with pimobendan's inotropic properties, may result in a reduction in cardiac size and filling pressures in dogs with significant cardiac remodelling secondary to MMVD.

Stroke volume is defined as the amount of blood ejected from the left ventricle during systole and is a product of preload (the amount of blood entering the heart), afterload (the amount of resistance in the vasculature to the flow of blood from the heart), and contractility (the heart's ability to contract).

In general, ACE inhibitors lower the blood pressure (decrease afterload) and decrease salt and water retention.