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In physics, a sequence of changes in which a system moves away from, and then back to, its original state. An example is a vibration in which a particle moves first in one direction and then in the opposite direction, with the particle returning to its original position at the end of the each cycle.



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This sophisticated 3-D heart model offers more MRI/CT human heart detail with a reduced polygon count, full human heart cardiac cycle that includes cutaway interior views at great detail and two high resolution photorealistic exterior texture maps for both a lean and fatty heart derived from human heart digital photos.
It is postulated that in order for a life threatening arrhythmia to occur, the blunt trauma must come during "the electrically vulnerable" period of the cardiac cycle.
4]), which occur at specific times in the cardiac cycle as a result of abnormal cardiac mechanics.
 
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