Tag: cardiac cycle
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Heart rate vs Pulse rate
Heart rate represents the number of heartbeats per minute, pulse rate reflects the palpable pulsations of arteries. What is Heart Rate? Heart rate refers to the number of times the heart beats per minute. It serves as a measure of the heart’s pumping capacity and overall cardiac function. Factors such as age, fitness level and…
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Cardiac Cycle
The cardiac cycle is the sequence of events that occur in the heart during one complete heartbeat, starting with the contraction (systole) of the ventricles, followed by the relaxation (diastole) of the ventricles. The cycle includes the filling of the ventricles with blood during diastole and the ejection of blood into the circulatory system during…
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Mean Arterial Pressure (MAP)
MAP = diastolic pressure + (systolic pressure – diastolic pressure) / 3 Mean arterial pressure (MAP) is a measure of the average blood pressure in a patients arteries over the course of a cardiac cycle, which is one complete heartbeat. It is calculated by taking into account both the systolic and diastolic blood pressures. During…