atrial tachycardia

noun

A type of heart rhythm problem in which the heart's electrical impulse comes from an ectopic pacemaker in the upper chambers.

Meanings

nounatrial tachycardia (plural atrial tachycardias)

plural atrial tachycardias

  1. cardiologyA type of heart rhythm problem in which the heart's electrical impulse comes from an ectopic pacemaker in the upper chambers.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 房速
  • 房速 (fángsù)a type of heart rhythm problem
Finnish atriaali takykardia, atriaali tiheälyöntisyys
  • atriaali takykardiaa type of heart rhythm problem
  • atriaali tiheälyöntisyysa type of heart rhythm problem
Polish częstoskurcz przedsionkowy
  • częstoskurcz przedsionkowya type of heart rhythm problem
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