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stroke volume

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stroke volume [′strōk ‚väl·yəm]
(physiology)
The amount of blood pumped during each cardiac contraction; quantitatively, the diastolic volume of the left ventricle minus the volume of blood in the ventricle at the end of systole.


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Stroke volume increased initially but reached a plateau at 40% of the predicted maximal workload, reaching 47 mL/[m.
This decline is caused primarily by a reduction in maximum heart rate and stroke volume and, in turn, decreased cardiac output.
2]), a decrease stroke volume output (SVO), smaller anterio-venous oxygen difference (A-V Diff.
 
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