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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
[-ərith′mē·ə]
Etymology: Gk, bradys, slow, a + rhythmos, without rhythm
any disturbance of cardiac rhythm in which the heart rate is less than 60 beats/min.

bradyarrhythmia [brad″e-ah-rith´me-ah]
bradycardia associated with arrhythmia; the rate is 60 beats per minute or less. It is caused by conditions such as sinus bradycardia, sinoatrial block, and atrioventricular block.

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

bradyarrhythmia
A heart rhythm in which there is an arrhythmia combined with a rate < 60 beats/min


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