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How does exercise affect the cardiac output?

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Increases: The cardiac output normally increases with exercise.

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Exercise: In order to facilitate the increase in oxygen demand of the muscles during exercise, the heart rate and volume of blood per beat will go up. Cardiac output is the product of heart rate times stroke volume. Therefore cardiac output will increase with exercise.

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