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Wiggers diagram — A Wiggers diagram is a standard diagram used in cardiac physiology. The X axis is used to plot time, while the Y axis contains all of the following on a single grid:* Blood pressure ** Aortic pressure ** Ventricular pressure ** Atrial pressure *… … Wikipedia
Wiggers diagram — Wig·gers di·a·gram (wigґərz) [Carl John Wiggers, American surgeon, 1883–1963] see under diagram … Medical dictionary
Pressure volume diagram — Thermodynamics … Wikipedia
Carl J. Wiggers — was an eminent cardiovascular phsysiologist and was the 21st president of the American Physiological Society. He is the author of the Wiggers diagram , a diagram commonly used in the teaching of cardiovascular physiology.External links… … Wikipedia
Pulmonary wedge pressure — Diagram of Pulmonary artery catheter The pulmonary capillary wedge pressure or PCWP (also called the pulmonary wedge pressure or PWP, or pulmonary artery occlusion pressure or PAOP) is the pressure measured by wedging a pulmonary catheter with an … Wikipedia
Diastasis (physiology) — 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 hearts ventricles has slowed down, but before… … Wikipedia
Diastole — Heart during ventricular diastole. Diastole ( /d … Wikipedia
Electrocardiography — ECG redirects here. For other uses, see ECG (disambiguation). Not to be confused with echocardiogram, electromyogram, electroencephalogram, or EEG. Electrocardiography Intervention Image showing a patient connected to the 10 electrodes necessary … Wikipedia
Heart sounds — Front of thorax, showing surface relations of bones, lungs (purple), pleura (blue), and heart (red outline). The location of best auscultation for each heart valve are labeled with M , T , A , and P . First heart sound: caused by atrioventricular … Wikipedia
Circulatory system — This article is about the organ system. For the band, see Circulatory System. For transport in plants, see Vascular tissue. Circulatory system … Wikipedia
