Learning Academy: Decision Tree – Preload, Afterload and Precision

This quiz is created within the Deltex Learning Academy. In order to answer the questions, you must read the The ODM+ section of the Workbook 9051-5401 Issue 8 on the following link:
Workbook
(Also available on www.deltex-academy.com and select Knowledge - ODM+ Workbook)

Name

Hospital Name

What is Preload?

The initial stretch of the cardiac myocytes

The force against which the heart has to contract to eject blood

The intrinsic force of cardiac muscle

None

What Is Afterload?

The initial stretch of the cardiac myocytes

The force against which the heart has to contract to eject blood

The intrinsic force of cardiac muscle

None

What is Contractility?

The initial stretch of the cardiac myocytes

The force against which the heart has to contract to eject blood

The intrinsic force of cardiac muscle

None

Afterload goes down when aortic pressure & Systemic Vascular Resistance decreases, through what mechanism?

Vasoconstriction

Vasodilation

Haemostasis

None

Decreasing Afterload may affect the Doppler specific flow parameters in what way?

They will stay the same

They will decrease

They will increase

None

Systemic Vascular Resistance is an unreliable indicator of what?

Left Ventricular Afterload

Left Ventricular Contractility

Left Ventricular Preload

None

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