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Pressure in the left heart - part 2

Watch the pressure in the left heart go up and down with every heart beat! Rishi is a pediatric infectious disease physician and works at Khan Academy.

Pressure volume loops

Pressure in the left heart - part 1
Pressure in the left heart - part 2
Pressure in the left heart - part 3
Left ventricular pressure vs. time
Left ventricular volume vs. time
Drawing a pressure-volume loop
Understanding the pressure-volume loop
End diastolic pressure-volume relationship (EDPVR)
End systolic pressure-volume relationship (ESPVR)
Reimagine the pressure volume relationship
What is preload?
Why doesn't the heart rip?

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This collection was created November 2014.