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bradyarrhythmia

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bradyarrhythmia /brady·ar·rhyth·mia/ (brad?e-ah-rith´me-ah) any disturbance in the heart rhythm in which the heart rate is abnormally slowed.
brad·y·ar·rhyth·mi·a (brd--rm-)
n.
A disturbance of the heart's rhythm resulting in a rate under 60 beats per minute.

bradyarrhythmia
bradycardia associated with arrhythmia. Includes sinus bradycardia, sinoatrial block, atrial standstill and atrioventricular heart block.

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2000) argued that too much elevation in parasympathetic stimulation may deteriorate cardiac status and result in a fatal bradyarrhythmia.
An ICD detects arrhythmias, both bradyarrhythmia (slow heart rates) and tachyarrhythmia (fast heart rates), and delivers electrical therapy-pacing pulses or defibrillation therapy as necessary to treat these rhythm disorders and restore normal rate and rhythm to the heart.
 
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