Afterload is
A. the name given to an increase in end-diastolic volume.
B. the arterial pressure that the ventricles must overcome to eject blood.
C. the amount cardiac output must increase during exercise.
D. another name for venous return.
E. the extent to which ventricular walls are stretched.
B
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