discordant alternans

dis·cor·dant al·ter·nans

presence of right ventricular and pulmonary artery alternans with peripheral pulsus alternans, but with the strong beat of the right ventricle coinciding with the weak beat of the left and vice versa.
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dis·cor·dant al·ter·nans

(dis-kōr'dănt awl-ter'nanz)
Presence of right ventricular and pulmonary artery alternans with peripheral pulsus alternans, but with the strong beat of the right ventricle coinciding with the weak beat of the left and vice versa.
Medical Dictionary for the Health Professions and Nursing © Farlex 2012
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In contrast, TWA provides information on the repolarizing current (specifically calcium cycling) during repolarization of the adjacent myocardial regions with discordant alternans (Narayan 2006), Thus, we tested the hypothesis that exposure to individual pollutants or the combination of both increases TWA in a subset of the same study population.
Controlled exposure study of air pollution and T-wave alternans in volunteers without cardiovascular disease
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