What happens 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 decrease in sympathetic activity increases the relaxation of the heart to normal in the early stages of the disease.
D) Blood flows faster in the arterioles.
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