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Diastole
Diastole Di*as"to*le, n. [L., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ? to put asunder,
to separate; dia` through + ? to set, to place.]
1. (Physiol.) The rhythmical expansion or dilatation of the
heart and arteries; -- correlative to systole, or
contraction.
2. (Gram.) A figure by which a syllable naturally short is
made long.
Meaning of Diastole from wikipedia
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Diastole (/daɪˈæstəli/ dy-AST-ə-lee) is the
relaxed phase of the
cardiac cycle when the
chambers of the
heart are
refilling with blood. The contrasting...
- one
during which the
heart muscle relaxes and
refills with blood,
called diastole,
following a
period of
robust contraction and
pumping of blood, called...
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blood and the
ventricles are the
discharging chambers. In late
ventricular diastole, the
atrial chambers contract and send
blood to the ventricles. This flow...
- with
pathologies and are not
routinely heard.
Ventricular systole Cardiac diastole ECG The EKG complex. P=P wave, PR=PR interval, QRS=QRS complex, QT=QT interval...
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allow blood to flow from the
right atrium to the
right ventricle during diastole, and to
close to
prevent backflow (regurgitation) from the
right ventricle...
- valve) at the end of
ventricular systole and the
beginning of
ventricular diastole. As the left
ventricle empties, its
pressure falls below the
pressure in...
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pressure rises during systole and
recoil when the
blood pressure falls during diastole.
Since the rate of
blood entering these elastic arteries exceeds that leaving...
- flow from left
ventricular relaxation in
early diastole (the E wave) to peak
velocity flow in late
diastole caused by
atrial contraction (the A wave). It...
- left
ventricle at end of
filling in
diastole which is
amount of
blood present in
ventricle at the end of
diastole.
Because greater EDVs
cause greater...
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valvular heart disease. Normally, the
mitral valve is
about 5 cm2
during diastole. Any
decrease in area
below 2 cm2
causes mitral stenosis.
Early diagnosis...
