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What happens to the body when cardiac output is low and high?

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Cardiac output: Low cardiac output has low bp, high heart rate, cold, clammy, impaired mention, may be short of breath, decreased urine output . High cardiac output usually the obverse with warm, bounding pulses, increased BP may have increased urine output.

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Answered 7/7/2017

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Clarify:cardiac output too high at rest? Echo:stroke volume 100ml by 70 bpm, that means cardiac out:7l/min; cardiac index would be 3, 57l/min*m2.Txs

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In a highly trained athlete with eccentric hypertrophy of both ventricles, what is the significance of a high ejection fraction (80%) and high fractional shortening (50%)? Cardiac output is also high, cardiac index at 6.4 or so?

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