The nurse is caring for a patient with hypertension and recognizes this will have what impact on afterload?
A) Increased afterload
B) Reduced afterload
C) Unchanged afterload
D) Initial increase and then decrease in afterload
A
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Blood pressure is a measure of afterload so the higher the patient's blood pressure the higher the afterload. The higher the resistance in the system, the harder the heart will have to contract to force open the valves and pump the blood along. Options B, C, and D are not correct.
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