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The heart pumps blood against the mechanical afterload from arterial resistance, and increased afterload may alter cardiac electrophysiology and contribute to life-threatening arrhythmias. However, ...

Hemodynamic loads, or the preload (stretch on heart muscle during chamber filling) and afterload (when the heart muscle contracts), are important not only for healthy heart muscle function, but ...

It decreases preload through venodilation and at higher doses also can cause decreased afterload with resulting improved cardiac output. Nitroglycerine's side effects include headache and hypotension.