1 Congestive Heart Failure its Pharmacological Management Keith Baker MD PhD Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care MGH The physiological framework for understanding CHF The Pressu ID: 247255
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Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology HST.151: Principles of Pharmocology Prof. Keith Baker 1 Congestive Heart Failure& its Pharmacological Management Keith Baker, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, MGH The physiological framework for understanding CHF: The Pressure-Volume Loop of the LV (2 to 3 is the volume ejected from the LV into the aorta which is the stroke volume (SV)) 3 = End systole. The pressure at 3 is known as the end-systolic pressure (ESP). The aortic Ea = Effective arterial elastance. This is characterizes the ar