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bigeminal rhythm

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bigeminal rhythm
n.
Cardiac rhythm in which a normal heartbeat is followed by a premature beat, so that the heartbeats occur in pairs. Also called coupled rhythm, coupling.
bigeminal rhythm
Etymology: L, bis + geminus, twin; Gk, rhythmos
an abnormal heartbeat in which ectopic ventricular or atrial beats alternate with and are precisely coupled to sinus beats, or in which ventricular ectopic beats occur in pairs, as in ventricular tachycardia with 3:2 exit block. Also called bigeminy, coupled rhythm.


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