4-Arrhythmia

ID language : en Definition : Variation in the rhythm of the heartbeat Definition source Babylon Dictionary online Context 1: Some arrhythmias are life-threatening medical emergencies that can result in cardiac arrest and sudden death. Others cause aggravating symptoms such as an abnormal awareness of heart beat, and may be merely annoying. Others may not be associated with any symptoms at all, but pre-dispose toward potentially life threatening stroke or embolus. Context source 1: www.wikipedia.org Context 2: An irregular heartbeat is an arrhythmia .A normal heart rate is 50 to 100 beats per minute. Arrhythmias and abnormal heart rates don't necessarily occur together. Arrhythmias can occur with a normal heart rate, or with heart rates that are slow (called bradyarrhythmias -- less than 60 beats per minute). arrhythmias can also occur with rapid heart rates (called tachyarrhythmias -- faster than 100 beats per minute). In the United States more than 850,000 people are hospitalized for an arrhythmia each year Context source 2: www.wikipedia.org Nota bene: from Greek arruthmia (lack of rhythm) Grammatical category : noun Variants: cardiac arrhythmia Commentary: During an arrhythmia, the heart can beat too fast, too slow, or with an irregular rhythm. Use area: cardiology, electrophysiology Status: medical science Ro correspondent: aritmie Correspondent source: Dicionarul explicativ al limbii romne, Academia Romn, Institutul de Lingvistic "Iorgu Iordan", Editura Univers Enciclopedic, 1998