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cardiac dysrhythmia

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cardiac dysrhythmia
n.
Any abnormality in the rate, regularity, or sequence of cardiac activation. Also called cardiac arrhythmia.

cardiac dysrhythmia (disrith´mē),
n an irregular or abnormal heartbeat rhythm. Also known as
cardiac arrhythmia.
cardiac massage,
cardiac output,
n the volume of blood put out by the heart per minute; the product of the stroke volume and the heart rate per minute.
cardiac pacemaker,
cardiac surgery,
n an operative procedure used to treat a disease of the heart or its blood vessels.


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The patient died of refractory cardiac dysrhythmia and circulatory collapse approximately 36 hours after the first signs of propofol infusion syndrome appeared.
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