protodiastolic

protodiastolic
Early diastolic, relating to the beginning of cardiac diastole.

* * *

pro·to·di·a·stol·ic -.dī-ə-'stäl-ik adj
1) of or relating to the early phase of diastole
2) of or relating to protodiastole

* * *

pro·to·di·a·stol·ic (pro″to-di″ə-stolґik) pertaining to early diastole, i.e., immediately following the second heart sound.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • protodiastolic gallop — an older term for S3 g …   Medical dictionary

  • 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

  • Third heart sound — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|427.9 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = The third heart sound or S3 is a rare extra heart sound that occurs soon after the normal two… …   Wikipedia

  • gallop — A triple cadence to the heart sounds; due to an abnormal third or fourth heart sound being heard in addition to the first and second sounds, and usually indicative of serious disease. SYN: bruit de galop, cantering rhythm, g. rhythm, Traube bruit …   Medical dictionary

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”