ventricular systole

ventricular systole
the contraction of the ventricles of the heart by which the blood is forced into the aorta and the pulmonary trunk.

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  • Systole — The time period when the heart is contracting. The period specifically during which the left ventricle of the heart contracts. The final letter in systole is pronounced as a long e as in lee. The adjective for systole is systolic. The systolic… …   Medical dictionary

  • systole — /sis teuh lee , lee/, n. 1. Physiol. the normal rhythmical contraction of the heart, during which the blood in the chambers is forced onward. Cf. diastole. 2. Class. Pros. the shortening of a syllable regularly long. [1570 80; < Gk systolé a… …   Universalium

  • systole — n. the period of the cardiac cycle during which the heart contracts. The term usually refers to ventricular systole, which lasts about 0.3 seconds. Atrial systole lasts about 0.1 seconds. Derivatives: systolic adj …   The new mediacal dictionary

  • Ventricular pressure — is a measure of blood pressure within the ventricles of the heart. During most of the cardiac cycle, ventricular pressure is less than the pressure in the aorta, but during systole, the ventricular pressure rapidly increases, and the two… …   Wikipedia

  • Ventricular fibrillation — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = ECG lead showing VF DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD10|I|49|0|i|40 ICD9 = ICD9|427.41 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D014693 Ventricular fibrillation (V fib or VF) is a… …   Wikipedia

  • Ventricular septal defect — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Echocardiographic image of a moderate ventricular septal defect in the mid muscular part of the septum. The trace in the lower left shows the flow during one complete cardiac cycle and the red mark the… …   Wikipedia

  • Систола (Systole) — период сердечного цикла, во время которого происходит сокращение сердечной мышцы. Данным термином обычно обозначается систола желудочков (ventricular systole), которая длится примерно 0,3 секунды Систола предсердий (atrial systole) продолжается… …   Медицинские термины

  • electromechanical systole — the interval from the onset of the QRS complex on the electrocardiogram to the aortic component of the second heart sound; it is one of the systolic time intervals (q.v.), encompassing the left ventricular ejection time and the preejection period …   Medical dictionary

  • left ventricular ejection time — (LVET) the interval from systole to closure of the aortic valve, measured on the carotid pulse tracing from the beginning upstroke to the dicrotic notch; it is one of the systolic time intervals (q.v.) measured to assess left ventricular… …   Medical dictionary

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