cardiac cycle Flashcards
what is systole
Ventricular contraction
Ventricles generate pressure then eject blood into the arteries
what is diastole
Ventricular relaxation
The ventricles fill with blood
what is the 1st phase
systole
what is teh end diastolic volume
maximum blood in the heart just before the ventricle start to contract
End-systolic volume
residual volume left in the heart after contracting
what is teh Stroke volume (mL)
End-diastolic volume - End-systolic volume
how much blood is ejected
what is a clinical indicator of heart function
ejection fraction
how to work it out
stroke volume/End-diastolic volume
normal range of ejection fraction
52 - 72
patient in heart fraction
30 - 35
what is the start of teh cardiac cycle
artial systole
how is the start shown on an ecg
p wave = atrial systole
what does the atrial contraction do
Atria contract to ‘top-up’ the volume of blood in ventricle
what may you hear in the heart of a patient with congestive heart failure, pulmonary embolism or tricuspid incompetence
4th heart sound
next stage
Isovolumetric contraction
what is it shown on ecg
QRS
which is
start of ventricular depolarisation
what is start of ventricular depolarisation
This is the interval between AV valves (tricuspid & mitral) closing and semi-lunar valves (pulmonary & aortic) opening
(ventricular pressure increases near the aortic pressure)
what is the change in volume
no change in volume §
what causes the first heat sound (lub) to occur
closure of AV valves
what sort contractions occur at this point
isometric
what is the next stage
rapid ejection
when does it begin
As ventricles contract pressure within them exceeds pressure in aorta and pulmonary arteries. Semilunar valves open, blood pumped out and the volumes of ventricles decrease.
so what marks the start of this phase
Opening of the aortic & pulmonary valves mark the start of this phase
what is the heart sound in this phase
no heart sound
what is the next stage
Reduced ejection
what does thsi phase signify
This phase marks the end of systole
what causes the semilunar valves to close
Reduced pressure gradient means aortic & pulmonary valves begin to close
As pressures in ventricles fall below that in arteries, blood begins to flow back causing semilunar valves to close
describe the changes to the ventricular volume
Blood flow from ventricles decreases and ventricular volume decreases more slowly
what causes teh t wave
Ventricular muscle cells repolarize producing T wave
what is the next stage
Isovolumetric relaxation
when do the AV valves open
The aortic & pulmonary valves shut, but the AV valves remain closed until ventricular pressure drops below atrial pressure.