pulsus alternans

pulsus alternans
pul·sus al·ter·nans 'pəl-səs-'ȯl-tər-.nanz n alternation of strong and weak beats of the arterial pulse due to alternate strong and weak ventricular contractions

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see under pulsus.

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  • Pulsus paradoxus — In medicine, a pulsus paradoxus (PP), also paradoxic pulse and paradoxical pulse, is an exaggeration of the normal variation in the pulse during the inspiratory phase of respiration, in which the pulse becomes weaker as one inhales and stronger… …   Wikipedia

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  • alternans — n. alternating; alternation (as in pulsus alternans in Medicine) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • total alternans — pulsus alternans in which alternate beats are so weak that they are not detected, causing apparent halving of the pulse rate …   Medical dictionary

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