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Define cardiac output (CO) and list the 2 major factors that determine CO.

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Cardiac output is the amount of blood the heart pumps per minute. Two major factors are heart rate (HR) or the amount of beats per minute (bpm), and stroke volume which is the total volume of blood the heart can fill with. This is ejected from the heart with each beat.

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