positive/negative chronotrope
positive/negative chronotrope
(poz'i-tiv-neg'ă-tiv kroō'nō-trōp),an agent or medication, or its side effects, which may effectuate to either slow (negative) or accelerate (positive) the rate of a functional system (usually the heart).
See also: chronotropism.
See also: chronotropism.
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