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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
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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