atrial extrasystole
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extrasystole — A nonspecific word for an ectopic beat from any source in the heart. SYN: premature beat, premature systole. atrial e. premature complex of the heart arising from an ectopic atrial focus … Medical dictionary
Supraventricular extrasystole — A supraventricular extrasystole (SVES) is an extrasystole or premature electrical impulse in the heart, generated above the level of the ventricle. This can be either a premature atrial contraction or a premature impulse from the atrioventricular … Wikipedia
retrograde extrasystole — a premature ventricular contraction followed by a premature atrial contraction, due to transmission of the stimulus backward, usually over the bundle of His … Medical dictionary
bigeminy — Pairing; especially, the occurrence of heart beats in pairs. SYN: bigemini. [bi + L. geminus, twin] atrial b. pairing of atrial beats, as when an atrial extrasystole is coupled to each sinus beat. atrioventricular junctional b. paired beats, each … Medical dictionary
beat — 1. To strike; to throb or pulsate. 2. A stroke, impulse, or pulsation, as of the heart or pulse. 3. Activity of a cardiac chamber produced by catching a stimulus generated elsewhere in the … Medical dictionary
Dilated cardiomyopathy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 I42.0 ICD 9 425.4 … Wikipedia
Maladie de Bouveret — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Bouveret. Encore appelée tachycardie jonctionnelle ou tachycardie supraventriculaire paroxystique, la maladie de Bouveret correspond à des crises de tachycardie (accélération du rythme cardiaque), se manifestant… … Wikipédia en Français
Systole — The time period when the heart is contracting. The period specifically during which the left ventricle of the heart contracts. The final letter in systole is pronounced as a long e as in lee. The adjective for systole is systolic. The systolic… … Medical dictionary
wave — 1. A movement of particles in an elastic body, whether solid or fluid, whereby an advancing series of alternate elevations and depressions, or rarefactions and condensations, is produced. 2. The elevation of the pulse, felt by the finger, or… … Medical dictionary
Arrhythmia absoluta — Vorhofflimmern ist eine vorübergehende (paroxysmale oder intermittierende) oder dauerhafte (permanente) Herzrhythmusstörung mit ungeordneter Tätigkeit der Herzvorhöfe. Gebräuchliche Abkürzungen sind AF oder AFib (von englisch Atrial fibrillation) … Deutsch Wikipedia
