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Noun Concept
Categories: Cardiac arrhythmia, Articles with short description, Premature events, All articles needing additional references, All articles lacking reliable references
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premature ventricular contraction  PVC  premature heart beat  Extra beats  extrasystole
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Irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation WordNet 3.0
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Irregularity of cardiac rhythm; recurrent occurrences can be a precursor of ventricular fibrillation WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
A premature ventricular contraction is a common event where the heartbeat is initiated by Purkinje fibers in the ventricles rather than by the sinoatrial node. Wikipedia
A premature heart beat or extrasystole is a heart rhythm disorder corresponding to a premature contraction of one of the chambers of the heart. Wikipedia
An abnormal heart beat Wikipedia Disambiguation
Heart rhythm disorder Wikidata
IS A
cardiac arrhythmia
disease
premature ventricular contraction
ectopic beat
HAS KIND
premature ventricular contraction
Supraventricular extrasystole
fusion beat
HEALTH SPECIALTY
cardiology
OPPOSITE OF
Supraventricular extrasystole
POSSIBLE MEDICAL FINDINGS
pulsus bigeminus
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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premature ventricular contraction, PVC
Wikipedia
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premature heart beat, premature ventricular contraction
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premature heart beat, premature ventricular contraction
Wikipedia Redirections
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Multifocal ventricular premature beats, Premature beat, Premature ventricular beat, premature ventricular complex, Premature Ventricular Contraction, premature ventricular contractions, preventricular contraction, Skipped heartbeat, Ventricular ectopic beat, Ventricular extra beats, Ventricular extrasystole, Ventricular premature beat, Ventricular premature beats, Ventricular premature complex, Ventricular premature complexes, Ventricular premature contraction, Ventricular premature contractions, VPB
Wikidata Alias
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Extra beats, extrasystole, premature beat, premature cardiac complex, Premature heart beat, PVC, ventricular premature complex, ventricular premature contraction, ventricular premature depolarization, VPC

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