Cardiac Cycle Flashcards
What is the cardiac cycle?
phases of cardiac function between each heart beat
What are the 7 steps of the cardiac cycle?
atrial systole
isovolumic contraction
rapid ejection
reduced ejection
isovolumic relaxation
rapid filling
reduced filling
Which side of the cardiac cycle generates more pressure?
the left
Define: atrial systole
contraction of atria
Define: Isovolumic Contraction
Contraction of ventricles but no change in volume
Define: Isovolumic Contraction
Contraction of ventricles but no change in volume
Define: rapid ejection
Ejecting blood
What occurs first, Electrical or Mechanical Events? Example?
Electrical events occur before mechanical events
(membrane depolarizes before muscle shortens)
What is pressure in the aorta dependent on?
How constricted the arterioles are
what is afterload somewhat equal to?
aortic pressure
If you have a patient with hypertension and BP of 150/110, how would that effect the pressures in the diagram?
Aortic Valve would open at 110 mmHG
for every heart beat, heart would have to generate 30 mmHG more of pressure before aortic valve would open
increases work of heart
can cause heart failure if untreated
What is the fundamental thing that causes pressure to change in the aorta?
the transfer of volume from one chamber to another (LV to aorta)
What would happen to the pressure change if you increases the SV?
it would increase
What is aortic pressure loosely dependent on?
SV
Why does left atrial pressure increase while the ventricle is contracting and relaxing?
while the ventricle is contracting, atria are accumulating volume, which increases pressure
Explain this Diagram
- Mitral Valve Closes → to stop blood from flowing back into atria
- LV pressure increases b/c muscle contracts
- atria contracts
- aortic valve open s→ blood flows from LV to aorta
- Aortic valve closes → pressure in aorta is higher then in LV
- LV pressure decreases → Ca flows back into SR and EC
- Mitral Valve opens (pressure is lower in LV)
What happens during atrial systole?
atria contracts
What happens during isovolumic contraction?
valves all closed
What happens during rapid ejection?
blood flows from LV to aorta
What happens during reduced ejection?
aortic valve closes at end
What happens during isovolumic relaxation?
pressure in LV drops
When is aortic pressure highest?
during rapid and reduced ejection
Preload is the same as…
EDV
Equation: SV
SV = EDV - ESV
What happens when atria contracts?
blood is forced into ventricle
volume increases slightly
Where is the LVEDV and the LVESV located on this diagram?
LVEDV → Top plateau
LVESV → bottom plateau
What are the normal heart sounds?
1&2
What are the abnormal (pathological) heart sounds?
they don’t always occur
3&4