Ectopic beat
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title:
Ectopic beat
text:
Ectopic beat is a disturbance of the cardiac rhythm frequently related to the electrical conduction system of the heart, in which beats arise from fibers or group of fibers outside the region in the heart muscle ordinarily responsible for impulse formation. An ectopic beat can be further classified as either a premature ventricular contraction (PVC), or a premature atrial contraction (PAC). Some patients describe this experience as a "flip" or a "jolt" in the chest, or a "heart hiccup", while ot
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Cardiac arrhythmia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ectopic_beat
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date modified:
2023-10-31T06:04:23Z
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