diastole

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Introduction

Relaxation of the heart ventricles. The atria normally contract filling the ventricles during this phase of the cardiac cycle. The coronary arteries are perfused during diastole. Blood pressure is minimum during this period.

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References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999