The duration of atrial systole is:
High-Yield Explanation
When the heart beats at a normal rate of 72/minute, duration of each cardiac cycle is about 0.8 second.
ATRIAL EVENTS
Atrial events are divided into two divisions:
Atrial systole = 0.11 (0.1) sec.
Atrial diastole = 0.69 (0.7) sec.
VENTRICULAR EVENTS
Ventricular events are divided into two divisions:
Ventricular systole = 0.27 (0.3) sec
Ventricular diastole = 0.53 (0.5) sec.
In clinical practice, the term 'systole' refers to ventricular systole and 'diastole' refers to ventricular diastole. Ventricular systole is divided into two subdivisions and ventricular diastole is divided into five subdivisions.