1) American invention 2) Emergency medical procedure 3) Medical aid 4) Medical care
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Defibrillation is a common treatment for life-threatening cardiac dysrhythmias, ventricular fibrillation and pulseless ventricular tachycardia. Defibrillation consists of delivering a therapeutic dose of electrical energy to the heart with a device called a defibrillator. This depolarizes a critical mass of the heart muscle, terminates the dysrhyt...
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the act to arrest the fibrillation of (heart muscle) by applying electric shock across the chest, thus depolarizing the heart cells and allowing normal rhythm to return.
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suppression of auricular or ventricular fibrillation using an electric shock delivered by a defibrillator NOTE - This term is not used to designate the interruption of atrial fibrillation by means of drugs.
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<cardiology, physiology> The act to arrest the fibrillation of (heart muscle) by applying electric shock across the chest, thus depolarising the heart cells and allowing normal rhythm to return. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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(de-fib″rĭ-la´shәn) termination of atrial or ventricular fibrillation, usually by electric shock. Defibrillation by precordial shock is done by delivering a nonsynchronized direct current to the myocardium; this is an emergency procedure, used to stop life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia. The electric shoc...
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Restoration of heart rhythm by means of an electric shock.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: dē-fib′ri-lā′shŭn Definitions: 1. The arrest of fibrillation of the cardiac muscle (atrial or ventricular) with restoration of the normal rhythm, if successful.
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Defibrillation: The use of a carefully controlled electric shock, administered either through a device on the exterior of the chest wall or directly to the exposed heart muscle, to restart or normalize heart rhythms.
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the cessation of fibrillation of the cardiac muscle and restoration of a normal rhythm
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n] - treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)
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defibrillation 1. Medical treatment by stopping the fibrillation of heart muscles; usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator. 2. The use of a carefully controlled electric shock, administered either through a device on the exterior of the chest wall or directly to the exposed heart muscle, to restart or normalize heart rhythms.
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a short electric shock to the chest to normalise an irregular heartbeat
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noun treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles (usually by electric shock delivered by a defibrillator)
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Use of electrical stimulation to restore a chaotic heartbeat to a rhythmical pattern. In fibrillation, which may occur in most kinds of heart disease, the heart muscle contracts irregularly; the heart is no longer working as an efficient pump. Paddles are applied to the chest wall, and one or more electric shocks are delivered to normalize the ...
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treatment by stopping fibrillation of heart muscles
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