atrioventricular extrasystole

atrioventricular extrasystole

n.

A premature contraction of the heart in which the stimulus arises from either the A-V node or A-V bundle. Also called A-V extrasystole.

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extrasystole [ek″strah-sis´to-le]

a premature cardiac contraction that is independent of the normal rhythm and arises in response to an impulse outside the sinoatrial node.

atrial extrasystole one in which the stimulus is thought to arise in the atrium elsewhere than at the sinoatrial node.

atrioventricular extrasystole one in which the stimulus is thought to arise in the atrioventricular node.

interpolated extrasystole a contraction taking place between two normal heartbeats.

nodal extrasystole atrioventricular extrasystole.

retrograde extrasystole a premature ventricular contraction followed by a premature atrial contraction, due to transmission of the stimulus backward, usually over the bundle of His.

ventricular extrasystole one in which either a pacemaker or a re-entry site is in the ventricular structure.

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extrasystole

a premature cardiac contraction that is independent of the normal rhythm and arises in response to an impulse outside the sinoatrial node.

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atrial extrasystole

premature beat arising from stimuli discharged in atrial wall ectopic to atrial pacemaker and may or may not initiate cardiac irregularity.

atrioventricular extrasystole

one in which the stimulus is thought to arise in the atrioventricular node.

interpolated extrasystole

a contraction taking place between two normal heartbeats.

nodal extrasystole

atrioventricular extrasystole.

retrograde extrasystole

a premature ventricular contraction followed by a premature atrial contraction, due to transmission of the stimulus backward, usually over the bundle of His.

triggered extrasystole

cardiac ectopic beats triggered by afterdepolarizations.

ventricular extrasystole

one in which either a pacemaker or a re-entry site is in the ventricular structure.