Meanings
nouncardioversion (countable and uncountable, plural cardioversions)
plural cardioversions
- countableuncountableThe treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, either with medication or by use of a machine (a cardioverter) that delivers a controlled electric current.
The posologies employed require careful clinical and electrical supervision, and the same anticoagulant measures as for electrical cardioversion are necessary.
2012, Y. Grosgogeat, “Cerebral Ischemic Accidents of Cardiac Origin”, in Jacques Bories, editor, Cerebral Ischaemia: A Neuroradiological Study (Neuroradiology; volume 27, number 6), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, page 130
Origin
From cardio- (“heart”) + -version (“changing”). Compare reversion and conversion.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan cardioversió
- cardioversiótreatment of cardiac arrhythmia
Finnish kardioversio
- kardioversiotreatment of cardiac arrhythmia
Spanish cardioversión
- cardioversióntreatment of cardiac arrhythmia
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