| VP | physiological volume; vapor pressure; variegate porphyria; vascular permeability; vasopressin; velop... |
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| Vp | peak voltage; phenotype variance; plasma volume; ventricular premature [beat] |
| VPB | ventricular premature beat |
| AF | abnormal frequency; acid-fast; adult female; afebrile; aflatoxin; albumin-free; albumose-free; aldeh... |
| AFF | atrial fibrillation; atrial filling fraction; atrial flutter |
| fusion beat | A beat triggered by more than a single electrical impulse, when the wave fronts coincide to act together on a single final pathway of activity; in the electrocardiogram, the atrial or ventricular complex when either atria or ventricles are activated jointly by two simultaneous or nearly simultaneous invading impulses. Synonym: combination beat, mixed beat, summation beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| arrhythmias, atrial | Abnormal heart rhythm due to electrical disturbances in the atria (the upper chambers of the heart) or the AV node relay station , leading to fast heart beats. Examples of atrial arrhythmias includes atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and paroxysmal atrial tachycardia (PAT). (12 Dec 1998) |
| atrial | <anatomy> Pertaining to an atrium. (16 Dec 1997) |
| atrial appendage | The small projection from each atrium hanging over like a small ear, more marked on the left, with a small cavity of its own. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial arrhythmias | See Arrhythmias, atrial. (12 Dec 1998) |
| atrial arteries | Branches of the right and left coronary arteries distributed to the muscle of the atria. Synonym: arteriae atriales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial auricle | The auricle of atrium. See: left atrium, right atrium. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial auricula | A small conical ("ear-shaped") pouch projecting from the upper anterior portion of each atrium of the heart, increasing slightly the atrial volume. See: auricle of left atrium, auricle of right atrium. Synonym: auricula atrialis, atrial auricle, atrial auricula, auricle, auricula, auricular appendage, auricular appendix, skin tag. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial bigeminy | Pairing of atrial beats, as when an atrial extrasystole is coupled to each sinus beat. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial branches | The atrial branches, the branches of the right coronary artery and the circumflex branch of the left coronary artery distributed to the right and left atrium, respectively. Synonym: rami atriales. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial chaotic tachycardia | Multifocal origin of tachycardia within the atrium; often confused with atrial fibrillation during physical examination. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial complex | P wave in the electrocardiogram. Synonym: auricular complex. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial diastole | Period of relaxation and repolarization of the atrial muscle. (05 Mar 2000) |
| atrial dipeptidyl carboxyhydrolase | <enzyme> Removes c-terminal phe-arg from atriopeptin II to give atriopeptin i; metalloenzyme with mw 240,000; also has tripeptidyl carboxyhydrolase activity; removes phe-arg-tyr from atriopeptin III to form atriopeptin i Registry number: EC 3.4.15.- (26 Jun 1999) |
| atrial dissociation | Mutually independent beating of the two atria or of parts of the atria. (05 Mar 2000) |