Cardiovascular | Cardiac Cycle 2
Heart Working As A Pump Duration of cardiac cycle & heart rate: Duration of cardiac cycle = 0.8 sec at heart rate = 70 beats/min. • When heart rate increases duration of cardiac cycle decreases. Diastole is more affected as compared to systole with rapid heart rate. At heart rate = 180 / min, cardiac cycle duration 0.33 sec: (systole = 0.18 sec, diastole 0.15 sec). QUESTION At a very rapid heart rate: Cardiac output decreases, Why??? ANSWER Because diastole becomes too short →→→ ventricular filling decreases → decrease stroke volume & decrease in cardiac output, in spite of increase in heart rate. Pressure changes in Atria during the Cardiac Cycle: Atrial systole duration = 0.11 sec Atrial diastole duration = 0.7 sec Atrial systole + Atrial diastole = 0.8 sec = cardiac cycle. • Atrial diastole > Atrial systole, because basic function of atria is to receive blood from large veins & it can receive blood only when it is relaxed. 3 waves can be recorded from atria whic...