During Heart Failure

question 41

Multiple Choice

During heart failure,

• A) The Frank-Starling curve is shifted to the left.
• B) The heart pumps out a smaller stroke volume than normal for a given EDV.
• C) A compensatory increase in sympathetic activity increases the contractility of the heart to normal in the early stages of the disease.
• D) All of these.
• E) The heart pumps out a smaller stroke volume than normal for a given EDV, and a compensatory increase in sympathetic activity increases the contractility of the heart to normal in the early stages of the disease.

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