ectopic beat of heart

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• ectopic beat — a heartbeat due to an impulse generated somewhere in the heart outside the sinoatrial node. Ectopic beats are generally premature in timing; they are classified as supraventricular if they originate in the atria and ventricular if they arise from …   Medical dictionary

• ectopic beat — extrasystole a heartbeat due to an impulse generated somewhere in the heart outside the sinoatrial node. Ectopic beats are generally premature in timing; they are classified as supraventricular if they originate in the atria and ventricular if… …   The new mediacal dictionary

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• Ectopic pacemaker — An ectopic pacemaker or ectopic focus is an excitable group of cells that causes a premature heart beat outside the normally functioning SA node of the human heart. Acute occurrence is usually non life threatening, but chronic occurrence can… …   Wikipedia

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• Ventricular escape beat — A ventricular escape beat is a heart rhythm finding, discovered on EKG, that indicates the normal electrical conduction system of the heart is disrupted or performing inadequately. More specifically, it is an ectopic beat that occurs after an… …   Wikipedia

• Junctional escape beat — A junctional escape beat is a delayed heartbeat originating not from the atrium but from an ectopic focus somewhere in the AV junction. It occurs when the rate of depolarization of the SA node falls below the rate of the AV node. This dysrhythmia …   Wikipedia

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