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PAROXYSMAL ATRIAL TACHYCARDIA [1 record]

Record 1 2017-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Heart
DEF

Bouts of rapid, regular heart beating originating in the atrium (upper chamber of the heart) due to abnormalities in the AV [atrioventricular] node "relay station" that lead to rapid firing of electrical impulses from the atrium which bypass the AV node under certain conditions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cœur
CONT

La tachycardie auriculaire paroxystique correspondant à une soudaine accélération du cœur. Les crises ne durent que quelques minutes mais peuvent aller de 1 à 2 jours. La fréquence se situe alors entre 140 et 240 battements par minute.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Corazón
DEF

Síndrome caracterizado por la aceleración extrema de los latidos cardíacos (180 a 250 por minuto), de comienzo o terminación bruscos. Puede ser producida por un aleteo o por una sucesión ininterrumpida de extrasístoles originada en un foco ectópico auricular que descarga los estímulos con una frecuencia muy superior a la normal.

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