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Because wall stress is difficult to measure, ________ can be used as a good indicator of afterload in the normal heart. 

          Because wall stress is difficult to measure, ________ can be used as a good indicator of afterload in the normal heart.

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00:01 13 .54, why is your blood pressure measured at your upper arm, which is at the same level as your heart? one reason is that the upper arm is sort of a convenient place to put a blood pressure cuff.
00:16 But also, we know that if we have a fluid column, that the pressure is equal to its weight density times the height of the column above the point in question...
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