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bradycardia
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brad·y·car·di·a  (brd-kärd-)
n.
Slowness of the heart rate, usually fewer than 60 beats per minute in an adult human.

[brady- + Greek kardi, heart; see cardia.]

brady·cardic (-dk) adj.

bradycardia [ˌbrædɪˈkɑːdɪə]
n
(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol an abnormally low rate of heartbeat Compare tachycardia
bradycardiac  [ˌbrædɪˈkɑːdɪˌæk] adj
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Noun1.bradycardia - abnormally slow heartbeat
arrhythmia, cardiac arrhythmia - an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart


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It is interesting to note that application of PAP therapy in a previously bradycardic patient causes their heart rate to reach non-bradycardic or normal levels .
The bradycardic (heart rate slowing) effect of ATP, in particular its transient blockade of atrio-ventricular nodal conduction, has been shown in multiple published clinical studies to terminate re-entrant PSVT involving the atrio-ventricular node.
These events are distinguished from each another in that vasovagal patients will be bradycardic and patients in shock will be tachycardic.
 
 
 
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