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the palpable or recorded movement of the chest wall caused by the heartbeat.Medical dictionary. 2011.
cardiac impulse — noun : the wave of cardiac excitation passing from the sinoatrial node to the atrioventricular node and along the atrioventricular bundle and initiating the cardiac cycle; broadly : heartbeat … Useful english dictionary
Cardiac ectopy — or ventricular extra beats is a disturbance of the electrical conduction system of the heart in which beats arise from the wrong part of the heart muscle. It is a form of cardiac arrhythmia in which ectopic foci in the ventricular myocardium, or… … Wikipedia
Cardiac dysrhythmia — Arrhythmia redirects here. It is not to be confused with Erythema. Cardiac dysrhythmia Classification and external resources Ventricular fibrillation (V Fib or VF) an example of cardiac arrhythmia. ICD … Wikipedia
Cardiac arrhythmia — Dysrhythmia redirects here. For the American band, see Dysrhythmia (band). ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = 001101 eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D001145 Cardiac arrhythmia (also dysrhythmia) is a term for any of a large and heterogeneous… … Wikipedia
impulse — 1. A sudden pushing or driving force. 2. A sudden, often unreasoning, determination to perform some act. 3. The action potential of a nerve fiber. [L. im pello, pp. pulsus, to push against, impel (inp )] apex i. conventionally the lowermost,… … Medical dictionary
Cardiac amyloidosis — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|277.3 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = med eMedicineTopic = 3365 MeshID = Cardiac amyloidosis is a medical disorder, a type of amyloidosis, caused by deposits… … Wikipedia
Cardiac pacemaker — The contractions of the heart are controlled by chemical impulses, which fire at a rate which controls the beat of the heart.The cells that create these rhythmical impulses are called pacemaker cells, and they directly control the heart rate.… … Wikipedia
cardiac cycle — noun 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… … Useful english dictionary
cardiac mapping — an electrophysiological procedure in which electrical potentials recorded by electrodes placed directly on the heart are processed to give a two dimensional display of the origin and path of an electrical impulse as it depolarizes the heart … Medical dictionary
Acoustic Radiation Force Impulse (ARFI) Imaging — uses acoustic radiation force to generate images of the mechanical properties of soft tissue. How it worksAcoustic radiation force is a phenomenon associated with the propagation of acoustic waves in attenuating media. Attenuation includes both… … Wikipedia
