Diseases

Ventricular Premature Complexes

A type of cardiac arrhythmia with premature contractions of the HEART VENTRICLES. It is characterized by the premature QRS complex on ECG that is of abnormal shape and great duration (generally >129 msec). It is the most common form of all cardiac arrhythmias. Premature ventricular complexes have no clinical significance except in concurrence with heart diseases.

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A type of cardiac arrhythmia with premature contractions of the HEART VENTRICLES. It is characterized by the premature QRS complex on ECG that is of abnormal shape and great duration (generally >129 msec). It is the most common form of all cardiac arrhythmias. Premature ventricular complexes have no clinical significance except in concurrence with heart diseases.

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  • Extrasystole, Ventricular
  • Premature Ventricular Beats
  • Premature Ventricular Complex
  • Premature Ventricular Contractions
  • Ventricular Ectopic Beats
  • Ventricular Premature Complex
  • Ectopic Beat, Ventricular
  • Ectopic Beats, Ventricular
  • Premature Ventricular Beat
  • Premature Ventricular Contraction
  • Ventricular Beat, Premature
  • Ventricular Beats, Premature
  • Ventricular Complex, Premature
  • Ventricular Contraction, Premature
  • Ventricular Contractions, Premature
  • Ventricular Ectopic Beat
  • Ventricular Extrasystole
  • Ventricular Extrasystoles

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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  • Cardiac Complexes, Premature (1966-1995)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Ventricular Premature Complexes. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018879. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018879
  2. Ventricular Premature Complexes. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premature_ventricular_contraction
  3. Ventricular Premature Complexes. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26781137