ABSTRACT

Cardiac output (CO): the amount of blood ejected by the heart in 1 minute. If resting heart rate is also taken at 70: 70 70 4900, which is near enough 5000 or 5 L.

BP CO SVR (Ohm’s law) (1)

CO SV HR (2)

where SVR is systemic vascular resistance, HR heart rate and BP blood pressure.