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dicrotic

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dicrotic [dī′kräd·ik]
(medicine)
Pertaining to a secondary pressure wave in an artery on the descending limb of a main wave during diastole of the heart.


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Additionally, IntelliSync sets balloon inflation at the dicrotic notch -- the notch separating the systolic from the diastolic part of the pressure wave -- and deflates the balloon at the start of systole, enabling it to respond to variations in signal quality by choosing a new trigger source.
 
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