triggered activity

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trig·gered activity (tr

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One or a series of spontaneously generated heartbeats originating from an action potential that produces an after-depolarization that reaches activation threshold.

triggered activity

Etymology: D, trekker, that which pulls; L, activus

rhythmic cardiac activity that results when a series of afterdepolarizations reach the threshold potential.

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