📚 noun • entry_id 50536
extrasystole
Meanings (ES + gloss)
extrasístole
A premature contraction of the heart, producing an interruption or irregularity in heartbeat rhythm, associated with heart disease or the use of some pharmaceuticals.
A 30-year-old woman, with no heart disease, was referred to our center with a history of rare episodes of sustained tachycardia and frequent feeling of extrasystoles.
An extrasystole originating at the rhythmic centre is thus followed by a returning cycle of natural length.
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