escape ventricular

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• escape ventricular — Liberación de los ventrículos del control inhibidor del ritmo sinusal o auriculoventricular cuando la frecuencia de descargas cae por debajo de la frecuencia natural de formación del impulso e …   Diccionario médico

• escape — Term used to describe the situation when a pacemaker defaults or AV conduction fails and another, usually lower pacemaker, assumes the function of pacemaking for one or more beats. junctional e. e. with the AV junction as pacemaker. ventricular e …   Medical dictionary

• 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

• ventricular escape beat — an ectopic beat of ventricular origin occurring in the absence of supraventricular impulse generation or conduction; it is characterized by a bizarre, usually wide QRS complex and lack of an ectopic P wave …   Medical dictionary

• ventricular escape — the occurrence of one or more ectopic beats in which a ventricular pacemaker becomes effective before the pacemaker in the sinoatrial node. See also under beat and rhythm …   Medical dictionary

• automatic ventricular contraction — ventricular escape beat …   Medical dictionary

• escaped ventricular contraction — ventricular escape beat …   Medical dictionary

• ventricular escape rhythm — idioventricular r …   Medical dictionary

• contraction — 1. A shortening or increase in tension; denoting the normal function of muscle. 2. A shrinkage or reduction in size. 3. Heart beat, as in premature c..beat. [L. contractus, drawn together] after c …   Medical dictionary

• Third-degree atrioventricular block — Classification and external resources ICD 10 I44.2 …   Wikipedia

• cardiovascular disease — Introduction       any of the diseases, whether congenital or acquired, of the heart and blood vessels (blood vessel). Among the most important are atherosclerosis, rheumatic heart disease, and vascular inflammation. Cardiovascular diseases are a …   Universalium