During Heart Failure

question 112

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 end-diastolic volume.
• C) a compensatory increase in sympathetic activity increases the contractility of the heart to normal in the early stages of the disease.
• D) both (b) and (c) above.
• E) all of these answers.

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