Meanings
adjectivemidsystolic (not comparable)
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the middle portion of systole, as with midsystolic murmur, midsystolic ejection, and midsystolic click.
Evidence has recently been produced to show that patients with a midsystolic click and late systolic murmur have a peculiar abnormality of the mitral valve: the systolic ballooning of the leaflets, particularly the posterior one, usually associated with mild mitral insufficiency.
1973, Rizzon P, Biasco G, Brindicci G, Mauro F, “Familial syndrome of midsystolic click and late systolic murmur”, in British Heart Journal, volume 35, number 3, →PMID, →PMCID, pages 245–259
Origin
From mid- + systole + -ic or midsystole + -ic or mid- + systolic.
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