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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...
- the
heart contract after refilling with blood. Its
contrasting phase is
diastole, the
relaxed phase of the
cardiac cycle when the
chambers of the heart...
- 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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Diastole tenuistriata is a
species of air-breathing land
snail or semi-slug,
terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the
family Microcystidae. This...
- as the
chambers fill with
blood is
called diastole. Both the
atria and
ventricles undergo systole and
diastole, and it is
essential that
these components...
- ventricle,
which causes a
decrease in left
ventricular relaxation during diastole, with
resultant increased pressure and/or
impaired filling.
There is an...
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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...
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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...
- 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...
