Systole (/ˈsɪstəli/ SIST-ə-lee) is the part of the cardiac cycle during which some chambers of the heart contract after refilling with blood. Its contrasting...

following a period of robust contraction and pumping of blood, called systole. After emptying, the heart relaxes and expands to receive another influx...

chambers of the heart are refilling with blood. The contrasting phase is systole when the heart chambers are contracting. Atrial diastole is the relaxing...

Systole may refer to: Systole (medicine), a term describing the contraction of the heart Systolic array, a term used in computer architecture Systolic...

topological manifestations. See also Introduction to systolic geometry. The systole of a compact metric space X is a metric invariant of X, defined to be the...

are associated with pathologies and are not routinely heard. Ventricular systole Cardiac diastole ECG The EKG complex. P=P wave, PR=PR interval, QRS=QRS...

occurring between heartbeats. Pressure waves generated by the heart in systole move the arterial walls. Forward movement of blood occurs when the boundaries...

cycle, the atria receive blood while relaxed in diastole, then contract in systole to move blood to the ventricles. Each atrium is roughly cube-shaped except...

of elastin. These arteries distend when the blood pressure rises during systole and recoil when the blood pressure falls during diastole. Since the rate...

interrupted venous flow that would otherwise occur at each ventricular systole. Cardiac muscle tissue has autorhythmicity, the unique ability to initiate...

resulting bulging of perspicuous into the right atrium during isovolumic systole), and (V) atrial venous filling. The downward deflections correspond with...

Premature atrial contraction Other names Supraventricular extra systole (SVES), Supraventricular ectopy (SVE) Two PACs with a compensatory pause seen...

(EDV). Likewise, the volume of blood left in a ventricle at the end of systole (contraction) is the end-systolic volume (ESV). The difference between...

with contraction of the left atrium, and the mitral valve closes during systole with contraction of the left ventricle. The valve opens and closes because...

is the pressure that the heart must work against to eject blood during systole (ventricular contraction). Afterload is proportional to the average arterial...

remark at end of P. M. Pu's paper in '52). Given a closed surface, its systole, denoted sys, is defined to be the least length of a loop that cannot be...

volume of blood must be pumped out during ventricular systole. The rapid flow of blood during systole is thought to draw the walls of the aorta together...

A premature ventricular contraction (PVC) is a common event where the heartbeat is initiated by Purkinje fibers in the ventricles rather than by the sinoatrial...

volume. Elevated afterload (commonly measured as the aortic pressure during systole) reduces stroke volume. It usually does not affect stroke volume in healthy...

resulting bulging of tricuspid into the right atrium during isovolumetric systole) and "v" (venous filling). The downward deflections of the wave are the...

Systolic heart murmurs are heart murmurs heard during systole, i.e. they begin and end between S1 and S2. Many involve stenosis of the semilunar valves...

ventricular systole, when the pressure in the right ventricle rises above the pressure in the pulmonary artery. At the end of ventricular systole, when the...

which is the typical "0" reference pressure used in medicine.) During systole, the ventricles contract, pumping blood through the body. During diastole...

tendineae and contract to prevent inversion or prolapse of these valves on systole (or ventricular contraction). There are five total papillary muscles in...

Droste/Rossen 3:46 8. "Glass Hillside" Rossen 4:54 9. "Neighbors" Droste 4:44 10. "Systole" Taylor 3:16 11. "Sky Took Hold" Droste 5:33 Total length: 48:28...

cardiac physiology, isometric contraction is an event occurring in early systole during which the ventricles contract with no corresponding volume change...

ventricle into the right atrium during right ventricular contraction (systole). The tricuspid valve usually has three cusps or leaflets, named the anterior...

dictionary. Systolic is an adjective describing something pertaining to a systole, part of the cardiac cycle. Systolic may also refer to: Systolic hypertension...

flow to the heart during ventricular systole. This allows enough blood to get into the ventricles during atrial systole. Consequently, the atria allows a...

ventricular systole when the pressure in the right ventricle rises above the pressure in the pulmonary artery. At the end of ventricular systole, when the...