The nurse who is working on a cardiac care unit is aware that afterload influences a patient's stroke volume and recognizes that afterload is increased when there is:
A) Arterial vasoconstriction
B) Venous vasoconstriction
C) Arterial vasodilatation
D) Venous vasodilatation
Ans: A
Feedback: Arterial vasoconstriction increases the systemic vascular resistance, which increases the afterload.
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