Definition that contains heart muscle
- mi destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
- cardiomyopathy a disorder (usually of unknown origin) of the heart muscle (myocardium)
- defibrillation treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)
- thrombolytic agent a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle
- bundle of his a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract
- clot buster a kind of pharmaceutical that can break up clots blocking the flow of blood to the heart muscle
- myocardial infarct destruction of heart tissue resulting from obstruction of the blood supply to the heart muscle
- atrioventricular bundle a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract
- truncus atrioventricularis a bundle of modified heart muscle that transmits the cardiac impulse from the atrioventricular node to the ventricles causing them to contract
- cardiac cycle the complete cycle of events in the heart from the beginning of one heart beat to the beginning of the next; an electrical impulse conducted through the heart muscle that constricts the atria which is followed by constriction of the ventricles