During heart failure,
a. the Frank-Starling curve shifts 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. both a and c occur
e. both b and c occur
E
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