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Cardiac Index
For Cardiac Index we have a term and definition in Cardiovascular.
Cardiac Index (Cardiovascular) 
Cardiac index=cardiac output/body surface area. This is a normalizing technique used to compare cardiac outputs of different sized people (for adults average=3 liter/min/meter^2).
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