Cardiology Terms

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  1. 4. Fainting, loss of consciousness, or dizziness which may be due to a transient disturbance of cardiac rhythm (arrhythmia) or other causes.
  2. 5. Failure of the heart to pump blood through the body. If left untreated, it is dangerous and life-threatening.
  3. 6. A chaotic and unsynchronised quivering of the myocardium during which no effective pumping occurs.
  4. 7. Very fast, disorganised heart rhythm that starts in the atria.rialtachycardia A rapid heart rate that starts in the atria (includes AF, and AFL)
  5. 10. The middle and the thickest layer of the heart wall, composed of cardiac muscle.
  6. 11. One of the two lower chambers of the heart.
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  1. 1. A printout from an electrocardiography machine used to measure and record the electrical activity of the heart.
  2. 2. A heart rate that is abnormally slow; commonly defined as under 60 beats per minute or a rate that is too slow to physiologically support a person and their activities.
  3. 3. Termination of an erratic, life-threatening arrhythmia of the ventricles by a high energy, direct current delivered asynchronously to the cardiac tissue.
  4. 7. A rapid heart rate that starts in the atria (includes AF, and AFL)
  5. 8. Fast, organised atrial rhythm.
  6. 9. Rapid beating of either or both chambers of the heart, usually defined as a rate over 100 beats per minute.