dysrhythmias

An electronic device that is surgically placed in the patient's body and connected to the heart in order to detect and to interrupt potentially lethal dysrhythmias.

Cardiac terms and definitions 2010

A beta-2 selective agonist can be given for bronchospasm, while epinephrine should be avoided as it may precipitate dysrhythmias.

Hydrocarbon Ingestion 2010

A test that records the electrical activity of the heart, shows abnormal rhythms (arrhythmias or dysrhythmias), and detects heart muscle stress.

Cardiac terms and definitions 2010

An electronic device that is surgically placed in the patient's body and connected to the heart in order to detect dysrhythmias.

Cardiac terms and definitions 2010

Abnormally thickened and enlarged heart muscle that can cause impeded blood flow as well as lethal dysrhythmias.

Cardiac terms and definitions 2010

A clot forms, which reduces the flow of blood downstream in a very short time period; the patient feels sudden chest pain and the other effects of reduced coronary artery flow, including possibly life-threatening dysrhythmias or death.

Balloons, Stents, and Arteries: A Review of the Logic Behind Modern Cardiology - The Panda's Thumb 2006

It remains only to say that most patients who die from heart attacks before they reach the hospital die because of fatal malignant dysrhythmias, like ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation.

Balloons, Stents, and Arteries: A Review of the Logic Behind Modern Cardiology - The Panda's Thumb 2006

When issued by this office, Mr. Jones 'death certificate will list as the immediate cause of death cardiac dysrhythmias, due to physiological stress reaction, due to a violent physical struggle with restraint.

CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2003 2003

And can, by itself, cause lethal abnormal heart rhythms or dysrhythmias.

CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2003 2003

He also talked about cardiac dysrhythmias, cocaine and PCP found in the body of Nathaniel Jones, intoxicating levels of each.

CNN Transcript Dec 3, 2003 2003