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Cardiac output: The amount of blood that is pumped by the heart per unit time, measured in liters per minute (l/min).
The amount of blood that is put out by the left ventricle of the heart in one contraction is called the stroke volume. The stroke volume multiplied by the heart rate is the cardiac output.
A normal adult's heart can easily pump 5 quarts (4.7 liters) of blood a minute. That is the cardiac output, the amount of blood the heart pumps through the circulatory system in a minute.
Library > Science > Sci-Tech Dictionary ( ′kärd·ē′ak ′au̇t′pu̇t ) ( physiology ) The total blood flow from the heart during a specified period of time.
Cardiac Output. Cardiac output is the volume of blood pumped by the heart per minute (mL blood/min). Cardiac output is a function of heart rate and stroke volume.
Cardiac Output is the volume of blood that the heart is able to pump out per unit time, represented in Liters per minute. The cardiac output represents the volume of ...
Introduction to cardiac output. Cardiac output, - is the total volume of blood pumped by the ventricle per minute, or simply the product of heart rate (HR) and ...
Cardiac output is the volume of blood being pumped by the heart in a minute. It is equal to the heart rate multiplied by the stroke volume. So if there are 70 beats per ...