| nodal bigeminy | Paired beats, each pair consisting of an A-V nodal extrasystole coupled to a beat of the dominant, usually sinus, rhythm. Synonym: nodal bigeminy. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| atrial bigeminy | Pairing of atrial beats, as when an atrial extrasystole is coupled to each sinus beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| atrioventricular junctional bigeminy | Paired beats, each pair consisting of an A-V nodal extrasystole coupled to a beat of the dominant, usually sinus, rhythm. Synonym: nodal bigeminy. (05 Mar 2000) |
| bigeminy | Pairing; especially, the occurrence of heart beats in pairs. Synonym: bigemini. Origin: bi-+ L. Geminus, twin (05 Mar 2000) |
| ventricular bigeminy | Paired ventricular beats, the common form consisting of ventricular extrasystoles coupled to sinus beats. (05 Mar 2000) |
| reciprocal bigeminy | Paired beats, each pair consisting of an A-V nodal beat followed by a reciprocal beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| rule of bigeminy | Rule that a ventricular premature beat will follow the beat terminating a long cycle. Sudden prolongation of the ventricular cycle, by changing the refractoriness in the conduction system, causes a peripheral region of bidirectional block to become transiently unidirectional and thus opens potential pathways for reentry to occur. (05 Mar 2000) |
| escape-capture bigeminy | Paired beats, each couplet consisting of an escape beat followed by a conducted sinus beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrioventricular nodal branch | The atrioventricular branches or the nodal branches, the small arteries supplying the atrioventricular node; they usually arise from the right coronary artery where it starts to descend the posterior interventricular sulcus. Synonym: ramus nodi atrioventricularis, atrioventricular nodal branch, branch to atrioventricular node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrioventricular nodal extrasystole | A premature beat arising from the A-V junction and leading to a simultaneous or almost simultaneous contraction of atria and ventricles. (05 Mar 2000) |
| coronary nodal rhythm | Formerly applied by some authorities to the electrocardiographic pattern of normal upright P waves in leads I and II with a short P-R interval. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sinoatrial nodal artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch usually of the right coronary artery that supplies the sinuatrial node. Synonym: sinus node artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| sinuatrial nodal artery | <anatomy, artery> A branch usually of the right coronary artery that supplies the sinuatrial node. Synonym: sinus node artery. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodal | Relating to any node. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodal bradycardia | The cardiac rhythm when the heart is controlled by the A-V junction (including node); arising in the A-V junction, the impulse ascends to the atria and descends to the ventricles, each at varying speeds depending on site of the pacemaker. Synonym: A-V junctional rhythm, nodal bradycardia, nodal rhythm. (05 Mar 2000) |
| nodal fever | <dermatology> A disorder characterised by the formation of tender, red nodules on the front of the legs. Erythema nodosum primarily affects women and has been associated with certain infections: coccidiomycosis, fungal infections, tuberculosis, hepatitis B and syphilis. A sensitivity to a particular drug (for example penicillin, progestin, birth control pills) may also manifest this disorder. Other disorders and conditions that have been associated with erythema nodosum include: leukaemia, sarcoidosis, rheumatic fever, ulcerative colitis and pregnancy. (27 Sep 1997) |