bradycardia

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Our cardiac conducting tissues are not exempt from the rigors of ageing, often resulting in altered impulse conduction, and the occurrence of heart arrhythmias, such as bradycardia or slow heart rate.

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  1. noun Slowness of the heart rate, usually fewer than 60 beats per minute in an adult human.

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  • The most important treatment-emergent adverse effects associated with intravenous amiodarone therapy in clinical studies were hypotension, asystole / cardiac arrest / electromechanical dissociation (EMD), cardiogenic shock, congestive heart failure, bradycardia, liver function test abnormalities, ventricular tachycardia, and atrioventricular block. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • NEXTERONE is contraindicated in patients with known hypersensitivity to any of the components of NEXTERONE, including iodine, or in patients with cardiogenic shock, marked sinus bradycardia, and second - or third-degree AV block unless a functioning pacemaker is available. —  Health News from Medical News Today
  • Some of these patients exhibit marked bradycardia (more than 20\% deviation from the lowest age-adjusted normal values) while maintaining an arterial blood pressure within an acceptable normal range. —  CiteULike: Everyone's library
  • Olanzapine may induce orthostatic hypotension associated with dizziness, tachycardia, bradycardia, and in some patients, syncope, especially during the initial dose-titration period. —  Medlogs - Recent stories
  • Hospital cardiologist Allen Solomon said Olson's fainting spell was caused by a slow heartbeat, medically referred to as bradycardia. —  The Daily News - News
 

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  1. brady- + Greek kardiā, heart; see cardia.

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  1. New Latin, < Greek βραδύς, slow, + καρδία, heart.
 

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/brædɪˈkɑrdiə/
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