Question

What is the average cardiac output for a healthy individual?

• A. 5000 ml
• B. 70 ml
• C. 500 ml
• D. 1000 ml

Answer 1

Answer:

A. 5000 ml

• The average cardiac output of a healthy adult is 5000ml or 5 liters.

• This means that if the heart rate is 72 beats per minute and the stroke volume is 70ml, then around 5000ml of blood is pumped by each ventricle in one minute.