nitroglycerin is a venodilator that decreases preload

• related: heart failure
• tags: #literature #cardiology

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• increase venous circuit capacitance
• reduce ventricular preload
• hopefully increase cardiac output this way¹

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• heart failure

  • nitroglycerin is a venodilator that decreases preload

• sodium nitroprusside is arterial dilator that decreases afterload

  • contrast this with nitroglycerin: nitroglycerin is a venodilator that decreases preload

Footnotes

1. CHEST Board Review Critical Care? ↩