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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

ventricular filling during diastole. Preload is directly related to ventricular filling. As the relaxed ventricle fills during diastole, the walls are stretched

the genus Diastole include: [1] Diastole bryani H. B. Baker, 1938 Diastole conula (Pease, 1861) Diastole exposita (Mousson, 1873) Diastole fornicata (Ancey

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

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

Diastole tenuistriata is a species of air-breathing land snail or semi-slug, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusc in the family Microcystidae. This

ventricle, which causes a decrease in left ventricular relaxation during diastole, with resultant increased pressure and/or impaired filling. There is an

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