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Cardiac output

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 minute, and 70 mL blood with each beat of the heart, the cardiac output is 490 mL/minute.

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