cardiac dysrhythmia (redirected from Cardiac surgery)

cardiac dysrhythmia

n.

Any abnormality in the rate, regularity, or sequence of cardiac activation. Also called cardiac arrhythmia.

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cardiac dysrhythmia (disrith´mē),

n an irregular or abnormal heartbeat rhythm. Also known as
cardiac arrhythmia.

cardiac massage,

n See massage, cardiac.

cardiac output,

n the volume of blood put out by the heart per minute; the product of the stroke volume and the heart rate per minute.

cardiac pacemaker,

n See pacemaker.

cardiac surgery,

n an operative procedure used to treat a disease of the heart or its blood vessels.