electric(al) defibrillation

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• Défibrillation — Placement des électrodes et passage du courant électrique intrathoracique …   Wikipédia en Français

• Defibrillation — View of defibrillator electrode position and placement. Defibrillation is a common treatment for life threatening cardiac arrhythmias, ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Defibrillation consists of delivering a… …   Wikipedia

• Defibrillation — The use of a carefully controlled electric shock, administered either through a device on the exterior of the chest wall or directly to the exposed heart muscle, to restart or normalize heart rhythms. * * * The arrest of fibrillation of the… …   Medical dictionary

• defibrillation — noun the stopping of the fibrillation of the heart in order to restore normal contractions, especially by the use of an electric shock …   Wiktionary

• defibrillation — n. use of electric shock to stop fibrillation of the heart muscle (Medicine) …   English contemporary dictionary

• defibrillation — [ˌdi:fɪbrɪ leɪʃ(ə)n] noun Medicine the stopping of fibrillation of the heart by administering a controlled electric shock, to allow restoration of the normal rhythm. Derivatives defibrillate verb defibrillator noun …   English new terms dictionary

• defibrillation — n. administration of a controlled electric shock to restore normal heart rhythm in cases of cardiac arrest due to ventricular fibrillation or ventricular tachycardia. The apparatus used is a defibrillator …   The new mediacal dictionary

• ventricular fibrillation — Pathol. a cardiac arrhythmia characterized by rapid, chaotic electrical impulses to the ventricles, incomplete ventricular contractions, and resultant loss of pulse and blood pressure. * * * Uncoordinated contraction of the muscle fibres of the… …   Universalium

• atrial fibrillation — Irregular rhythm (arrhythmia) of contraction of the atria (upper heart chambers). The most common major arrhythmia, it may result as a consequence of increased fibrous tissue in the aging heart, of heart disease, or in association with severe… …   Universalium

• defibrillate — [dē fib′rə lāt΄, dēfī′brəlāt΄] vt. defibrillated, defibrillating to stop fibrillation of (the heart), as by the use of electric current defibrillation n. defibrillator n …   English World dictionary

• defibrillate — defibrillation, n. /dee fuy breuh layt , fib reuh /, v.t., defibrillated, defibrillating. Med. to arrest the fibrillation of (heart muscle) by applying electric shock across the chest, thus depolarizing the heart cells and allowing normal rhythm… …   Universalium