systole

[ UK /sˈɪstə‍ʊl/ ]
NOUN
  1. the contraction of the chambers of the heart (especially the ventricles) to drive blood into the aorta and pulmonary artery
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How To Use systole In A Sentence

  • Death resulting from hyperkalaemia may be due to asystole, ventricular fibrillation, or a wide pulseless idioventricular rhythm.
  • To wait until the last agonal breath though the monitor is asystole. Titrate until comfortable
  • Ventricular tachycardia is defined as three or more ventricular extrasystoles in succession at a rate of more than 120 beats/min.
  • What the vaginal convulsion that says normally points to is to be in copulative before, the vagina produces intense systole, convulsion, the penis cannot be inserted consequently.
  • The final one is asystole, where there is a total flatline on the heart trace. Times, Sunday Times
  • Systole is that part of the heart's pumping cycle when it contracts and pushes blood out, the pulse if you like, and diastole is when the heart relaxes and fills with blood ready for the next heartbeat.
  • Paradoxical splitting is due to the fact that during systole the pressure in the pulmonary artery increases until the pulmonic valve closes before the aortic valve.
  • To describe a single extrasystole, an ectopic heartbeat, as like a slight stumble in a dance and to introduce the complex mechanism of hearing with the statement that 'every one of us has a tiny harp inside his ear' suggests that he is a skillful teacher. The Chicago Blog
  • The presence of extrasystoles that have been induced by exercise is neither sensitive nor specific for coronary artery disease.
  • She developed asystole, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation was performed for 20 minutes.
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