systolic
/si-stol-ik/US // sɪˈstɒl ɪk //
收缩期,收缩,收缩压,收缩性
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
- 1
- : indicating the maximum arterial pressure occurring during contraction of the left ventricle of the heart.
Examples
As a Harvard undergraduate, he used systolic blood pressure readings to invent the lie detector test.
There was a systolic murmur present and a slight impairment of the upper lobe of the right lung.
The heart is often dilated, and on auscultation the systolic murmurs associated with that condition are heard.
To begin with negative facts: a mitral pre-systolic murmur is never significant of a degenerative lesion.
It is pulsatile, and a systolic bruit or a “thrilling” murmur may be heard over it.
On palpation a systolic thrill may be detected, but the presence of a murmur is neither constant nor characteristic.
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