Medicine:Diastasis (physiology)
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Short description: Middle stage of diastole during the cycle of a heartbeat
Wiggers diagram of the cardiac cycle, with diastasis marked at top.
In physiology, diastasis is the middle stage of diastole during the cycle of a heartbeat, where the initial passive filling of the heart's ventricles has slowed, but before the atria contract to complete the active filling. Diastasis is the longest phase of cardiac cycle.[1]
See also
- Compare diastasis (pathology)
References
- ↑ Khurana (2008-01-01). Essentials of Medical Physiology. Elsevier India. pp. 157–. ISBN 978-81-312-1566-1. https://books.google.com/books?id=Cm_kLhU1AP0C&pg=PA157. Retrieved 2013-08-06.
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