Question 235 · LEK · Cardiovascular system
Indicate the true set of physiological changes in the circulatory system of pregnant women:
- A. increased heart rate, increased cardiac output, increased volume of circulating blood, decreased systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance, decreased arterial pressure.
- B. increased heart rate, decreased cardiac output, increased volume of circulating blood, increased systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance, decreased arterial pressure.
- C. increased heart rate, decreased cardiac output, increased volume of circulating blood, increased systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance, increased arterial pressure.
- D. increased heart rate, decreased cardiac output, decreased volume of circulating blood, increased systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance, decreased arterial pressure.
- E. decreased heart rate, decreased cardiac output, increased volume of circulating blood, increased systemic and pulmonary vascular resistance, increased arterial pressure.
Hint
Pregnancy is a high-flow, low-resistance state; decide in which direction volume, output, resistance and pressure change.
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