Equation
From these values, we know that:
where CO = Cardiac Output, Ca = Oxygen concentration of arterial blood and Cv = Oxygen concentration of mixed venous blood.
This allows us to say
and hence calculate cardiac output.
Note that (Ca – Cv) is also known as the arteriovenous oxygen difference.
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