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of or relating to a ventricle (of the heart or brain)
Definition that contains ventricular
- defibrillator an electronic device that administers an electric shock of preset voltage to the heart through the chest wall in an attempt to restore the normal rhythm of the heart during ventricular fibrillation
- pvc irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation
- asystole absence of systole; failure of the ventricles of the heart to contract (usually caused by ventricular fibrillation) with consequent absence of the heart beat leading to oxygen lack and eventually to death
- tonocard antiarrhythmic drug (trade name Tonocard) used to treat ventricular arrhythmias when less dangerous drugs have failed
- premature ventricular contraction irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation
- 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
- choroid plexus a vascular plexus of the cerebral ventricles that regulate intraventricular pressure
- fallot's tetralogy a congenital heart defect producing cyanosis; characterized by four symptoms: pulmonary stenosis and ventricular septal defect and malposition of the aorta over both ventricles and hypertrophy of the right ventricle
- nodal rhythm the normal cardiac rhythm when the heart is controlled by the atrioventricular node
- atrioventricular nodal rhythm the normal cardiac rhythm when the heart is controlled by the atrioventricular node