Cardiac Cycle Flashcards
What are the basic 3 events in the cardiac cycle
LV contraction
LV relaxation
LV filling
What parts of the cardiac cycle are in left ventricle contraction
Isovolumetric contraction
Maximal elejection
What parts of the cardiac cycle are in left ventricle relaxation
Start of relaxation and reduced ejection
Isovolumetric relaxation
Rapid LV filling and LV suction
Slow LV filling (diastasis)
Atrial booster
What is ventricular contraction
Systole
What happens at systole
Wave of depolarisation arrives
Opens the L-calcium tubule
Ca2+ arrive at contractile proteins
LVp rises > LAp
MV closes
LVp rises (isovolumetric contraction) > Aop
AoV opens and ejection starts
In systole is the L ventricle or atria have more pressure
Left ventricle pressure
In isovolumetric contraction does the L ventricle or atria have more pressure
Left ventricle pressure
What valve opens in systole to start ejection
Aortic valve
What is diastole
Ventricular relaxation
Describe diastole
LVp peaks then decreases
Influence of phosphorylated phospholambdam cytosolic calcium is taken up into the SR
Phase of reduced ejection
Ao flow is maintained by aortic distensibility
LVp < AoP
Ao. valve closes
Isovolumetric relaxation the MV opens
In diastole is the left ventricle pressure more than the aortic pressure
Less than
Describe ventricular filling
LVp < LAp
MV opens
Rapid filling starts
Ventricular suction contributes
Diastasis (seperation) LVp = LAp filling temporarily stops
Filling is renewed when A contraction raises LAp creating pressure gradient
In ventricular filling is the left ventricle or atria have more pressure
Atria
What does ventricular suction contribute to
Ventricular filling
What is physiologic systole
Isovolumetric contraction
Maximal ejection
What is cardiologic systole
From M1 to A2
Only part of isovolumetric contraction - includes maximal and reduced ejection phases
What is physiologic diastole
Reduced ejection
Isovolumetric relaxation
Filling phases
What is cardiologic diastole
A2 to M11 interval - filling phases included
Define preload
Load present before LV contraction has started
Define afterload
Load after the ventricle starts to contract
Define starlings Law
Within physiologic limits, the larger the volume off the heart, the greater energy of its contraction and the amount of chemical change at each contraction
In starlings law what is LV filling pressure
Left atrium pressure - left ventricle diastolic pressure
In the cardiac sarcomere at 80% of the optimal length, what % of the maximal force is produced
10%
What is the maximal length of the cardiac sarcomere
2.2 um