cardiac arrhythmia

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cardiac arrhythmia

[¦kärd·ē‚ak ā′rith·mē·ə]

(medicine)

Any disturbance or irregularity of the heartbeat.

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Atrial fibrillation is the most common sustained cardiac arrhythmia. It represents the largest part of the overall arrhythmia market with major-market sales of US $1 billion in 1999.

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For these patients, treatment with TMP could boost the potassium in their blood to dangerous levels, causing heart cells to fire erratically and even bringing on cardiac arrhythmia, Choi says.

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government heart study, the cardiac arrhythmia suppression trial, were evaluated did the FDA give clearance for marketing the product.

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[ClickPress, Tue Oct 09 2018] Persistence Market Research has recently published a new report titled "Cardiac Arrhythmia Monitoring Devices Market: Global Industry Analysis (2012-2016) and Forecast (2017-2025)" which is an extensive market study covering various aspects of cardiac arrhythmia monitoring devices that include analysis on various product types, end users and applications.

Cardiac Arrhythmia Monitoring Devices Market is expected to grow at a stellar CAGR of 6.6% throughou

1 ( ANI ): Researchers have identified a biological pathway, which gets activated when blood sugar levels are abnormally high, and that causes irregular heartbeats - a condition known as cardiac arrhythmia linked with heart failure and sudden cardiac death.