Scenario: A patient arrives at the clinic complaining of an increased heart rate and is feeling some nausea. Multiple tests are performed and an ECG reveals that the patient has abnormal P waves and...

Extracted text: Scenario: A patient arrives at the clinic complaining of an increased heart rate and is feeling some nausea. Multiple tests are performed and an ECG reveals that the patient has abnormal P waves and an unusually fast heart rate. Their blood pressure is also found to be high. Question Stem: If the patient is experiencing increased venous return, what does this tell us about their cardiac output or stroke volume? Answers A - D A Their cardiac output is unaffected and neither is stroke volume Their cardiac output should increase Stroke volume is affected but not cardiac output Their cardiac output should decrease