diastoles

Cardiac filling phases

Diastoles is the plural of diastole, the phase of the heartbeat when the heart muscle relaxes and the chambers fill with blood.

It alternates with systole, the contracting phase that pumps blood out.

Blood pressure readings give two numbers: the higher one measures systolic pressure, the lower one diastolic pressure during diastole.

The cardiologist noted that his diastoles were prolonged, suggesting a possible conduction issue.

cardiac

relaxation

State of being unwound

ventriclesMuscular pumping chambers
fillingMaterial placed within
systolesHeart's pumping compressions

blood pressure · chambers · atria · cardiac output · heartbeat · pulse · ECG · heart rhythm · circulation · myocardium

poetic

lengthening

Increasing in extent

syllableUnit of pronunciation
meterDevice that measures usage
prosodyStudy of verse rhythm

vowel · classical poetry · Latin poetry · rhythm · scansion · metrical · quantity · verse · pronunciation · ancient poetry

medical

blood pressure reading

hypertensionChronic elevated arterial pressure
hypotensionAbnormally reduced arterial pressure
measurementDetermining size or amount

sphygmomanometer · mmHg · monitoring · heart failure · echocardiogram · vital signs · clinical diagnosis · arterial pressure · health screening · cardiovascular disease

Opposites

cardiac phase

diastolessystoles

Heart's pumping compressions

systole · contractions

Phrases

diastolic pressureArterial force during cardiac relaxation
diastolic blood pressureArterial force during cardiac relaxation

Family

diastole, diastolic

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