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In the measurement of cardiac function; all of the following are true except
A. Cardiac output is a measure of the amount of blood pumped by each ventricle in 1 minute
B. The heart rate is the number of contractions of the ventricles each minute.
C. The stroke volume is the amount of blood ejected from each ventricle with each contraction
D. The cardiac output will exceed 5 liters with an increase in HR in all cases
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