- ventricular rhythm
- 1. idioventricular r. 2. any cardiac rhythm controlled by a focus within the ventricles.
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ventricular rhythm
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ventricular fibrillation — /vɛnˌtrɪkjələ fɪbrəˈleɪʃən/ (say ven.trikyuhluh fibruh layshuhn) noun a cardiac arrhythmia, in which the ventricles of the heart are fibrillating, thus causing ineffective contraction; fatal unless normal rhythm is restored …
accelerated idioventricular rhythm — a rapid ventricular rhythm, approximately 60 to 110 beats per minute; it usually results from premature beats or an escape rhythm generated by slowing of the sinus pacemaker or acceleration of a ventricular pacemaker … Medical dictionary
