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This Khan Academy tutorial is on pressure volume loops.  It is one of several tutorials on circulatory system physiology.  The target audience for this learning material is nursing students. The topics that are covered are:

• Pressure in the left heart - part 1
• Pressure in the left heart - part 2
• Pressure in the left heart - part 3
• Left ventricular pressure vs. time
• Left ventricular volume vs. time
• Drawing a pressure-volume loop
• Understanding the pressure-volume loop
• End diastolic pressure-volume relationship (EDPVR)
• End systolic pressure-volume relationship (ESPVR)
• Reimagine the pressure volume relationship
• What is preload?
• Why doesn't the heart rip?

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