A 28-year-old member asked:
What factors in the body affect the cardiac output?
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Dr. Charles Jostanswered
Cardiology 36 years experience
Many factors: Congenital heart disease, vitamin b1 defiency, anemia, thyroid problem, renal disease, liver disease, brain disease, vascular disease, blood disease, atherosclerosis, valve disease - these are the biggest influencers of cardiac output.
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Dr. Calvin Weisbergeranswered
Cardiology 51 years experience
Cardiac output: Stroke volume times heart rate equals cardiac output. Stroke volume relates to myocardial contractility, vascular resistance, vascular volume, anemia and metabolic state. There are subcomponents to all of these.
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A 36-year-old member asked:
What factors can affect cardiac output?
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Dr. Mark Milunskianswered
Cardiology 37 years experience
Cardiac output: In strict physiologic terms, cardiac output is determined by something called stroke volume and heart rate. Heart rate is self-explanatory. Stroke volume is the amount of blood that the heart pumps out with each beat. This in turn is dependent on blood pressure, total blood volume, and how strong the heart contracts.
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A 37-year-old member asked:
How is cardiac output regulated in the body?
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Dr. Andrew Chunganswered
Cardiology 27 years experience
Adrenaline: Cardiac output (co) is stroke volume (sv) times heart rate (hr) and adrenaline increases both sv and hr.
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A 52-year-old member asked:
What are factors that influence the cardiac output?
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Dr. Mark Milunskianswered
Cardiology 37 years experience
Cardiac output: In strict physiologic terms, cardiac output is determined by something called stroke volume and heart rate. Heart rate is self-explanatory. Stroke volume is the amount of blood that the heart pumps out with each beat. This in turn is dependent on blood pressure, total blood volume, and how strong the heart contracts.
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A 38-year-old member asked:
What systems affect cardiac output?
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Dr. Rajat Jhanjeeanswered
Cardiology 20 years experience
Heart rate, volume: Cardiac output is affected by heart rate and the volume of blood pumped out of the heart in each heart beat (stroke volume). Factors that increase the heart rate (anxiety, fever, walking) increase cardiac output. Similarly, factors that increase volume of blood that heart pumps with each cycle increase cardiac output. High level athletes have very high stroke volume, because of conditioning.
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A 20-year-old female asked:
How could venoconstriction affect cardiac output?
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Dr. Bennett Werneranswered
Cardiology 44 years experience
Venoconstriction?: Cardiac output is inversely proportional to total peripheral resistance (which is related to mean arterial pressure.) venoconstriction refers to the venous system and can't be measured. If venous return increases, preload increases, and by starling's law of the heart, cardiac output increases. However, severe venoconstriction could eventually diminish venous return and reduce co. Yes?
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