Ectopic pacemaker — An ectopic pacemaker or ectopic focus is an excitable group of cells that causes a premature heart beat outside the normally functioning SA node of the human heart. Acute occurrence is usually non life threatening, but chronic occurrence can… … Wikipedia
Ectopia — In medicine an ectopia is a displacement or malposition of an organ of the body. Most ectopias are congenital but some may happen later in life. *Ectopia lentis is the displacement of the crystalline lens of the eye *Ectopia cordis is the… … Wikipedia
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia — Classification and external resources Photomicrograph of an ARVC heart. ICD 10 I … Wikipedia
T wave alternans — (TWA) is a periodic beat to beat variation in the amplitude or shape of the T wave in an electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG). T wave of ECG TWA was first described in 1908. At that time, only large variations ( macroscopic TWA) could be detected.… … Wikipedia
Myocardial infarction management — Main article: Myocardial infarction Myocardial infarction management involves salvaging as much myocardium as possible and to prevent further complications, thus the phrase time is muscle .[1] Oxygen, aspirin, and nitroglycerin are usually… … Wikipedia
Clinical trials with surprising outcomes — Medicine is an evolving field as new knowledge is acquired through discoveries in the laboratory and through clinical trials. With the acceptance of evidence based medicine, some practices that were thought to be standard of care or represent… … Wikipedia
Andersen-Tawil syndrome — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 700 ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|426.82, ICD9|794.31 ICDO = OMIM = 170390 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D050030 Andersen Tawil syndrome. also called Andersen syndrome and… … Wikipedia
