A 29-year-old female develops sepsis and, as a consequence, she experiences profound vasodilation. a) What effect does...

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A 29-year-old female develops sepsis and, as a consequence, sheexperiences profound vasodilation.

a) What effect does vasodilation have on the afterload? Explainwhy.

b) What effect does vasodilation have on blood pressure? Explainwhy. How will her body try to bring her blood pressure back tohomeostasis?

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Afterload is the resistance against which blood is expelled from Ventricle Systolic aortic pressure or Systolic Ventricular pressure Afterload Mean arterial pressure MAP for left Ventricle and Pulmonary artery pressure for right Ventricle One of the determinant of Mean arterial pressure is Total Peripheral resistance Cardiac output Heart x stroke volume Blood pressure Cardiac output x Total Peripheral resistance Cardiac    See Answer
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