escape ventricular
1escape ventricular — Liberación de los ventrículos del control inhibidor del ritmo sinusal o auriculoventricular cuando la frecuencia de descargas cae por debajo de la frecuencia natural de formación del impulso e …
2escape — Term used to describe the situation when a pacemaker defaults or AV conduction fails and another, usually lower pacemaker, assumes the function of pacemaking for one or more beats. junctional e. e. with the AV junction as pacemaker. ventricular e …
3Ventricular escape beat — A ventricular escape beat is a heart rhythm finding, discovered on EKG, that indicates the normal electrical conduction system of the heart is disrupted or performing inadequately. More specifically, it is an ectopic beat that occurs after an… …
4ventricular escape beat — an ectopic beat of ventricular origin occurring in the absence of supraventricular impulse generation or conduction; it is characterized by a bizarre, usually wide QRS complex and lack of an ectopic P wave …
5ventricular escape — the occurrence of one or more ectopic beats in which a ventricular pacemaker becomes effective before the pacemaker in the sinoatrial node. See also under beat and rhythm …
6automatic ventricular contraction — ventricular escape beat …
7escaped ventricular contraction — ventricular escape beat …
8ventricular escape rhythm — idioventricular r …
9contraction — 1. A shortening or increase in tension; denoting the normal function of muscle. 2. A shrinkage or reduction in size. 3. Heart beat, as in premature c..beat. [L. contractus, drawn together] after c …
10Third-degree atrioventricular block — Classification and external resources ICD 10 I44.2 …
