Question

What is cardiac output?

Answer 1

The cardiac output is simply the amount of blood pumped by the heart per minute. Necessarily, thecardiac output is the product of the heart rate, which is the number of beats per minute, and the stroke volume, which is amount pumped per beat. CO = HR X SV. The cardiac output is usually expressed in liters/minute.

Answer 2

Cardiac output is the amount of blood pumped by heart per minute.