Non-fiction novels can have both more or less words but most publishable novels for the adult market, again, should be at least 60,000 words. Young adult and children's market novels are considerably shorter. They run on average from 45,000 to 75,000 words.
a small downward deflection in the arterial pulse or pressure contour immediately following the closure of the semilunar valves, sometimes used as a marker for the end of systole or the ejection period. Called also dicrotic notch.
Turbulent or stagnant flow states in the heart can result in formation of thrombi. These thrombi can dislodge and occlude blood vessels in the intracranial circulation farther downstream. The most common cause of cardioembolic stroke is atrial fibrillation.