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Parent topics

• Heart [r]: A chambered muscular organ in organisms that pumps blood received from the veins into the arteries, thereby maintaining the flow of blood through the entire circulatory system. ^[e]

Subtopics

Components

• P wave [r]: Add brief definition or description
• QRS complex [r]: Add brief definition or description
• T wave [r]: Add brief definition or description
• QT interval [r]: In cardiology and the electrocardiogram, the time between the start of the Q wave and the end of the T wave. ^[e]

Abnormalities

• Atrial fibrillation [r]: Condition where there is disorganised electrical conduction in the atria, resulting in ineffective pumping of blood into the ventricle. ^[e]
• Atrial tachycardia [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Arterioventricular block [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ventricular fibrillation [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Ventricular tachycardia [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome [r]: A form of ventricular preexcitation syndrome characterized by a short PR interval and a long QRS interval with a delta wave. In this syndrome, atrial impulse conducts to the heart ventricles via an accessory pathway located between the wall of the right or left heart atria and the ventricles, known as the bundle of Kent. The inherited form can be caused by mutation of PRKAG2 gene encoding a gamma-2 regulatory subunit of AMP-activated protein kinase. ^[e]

Other related topics

Cardiac electrical system

• Sinoatrial node [r]: The part of the mammalian heart in which electrical signals triggering heart contractions normally begin ^[e]
• Atrioventricular node [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Purkinje fibers [r]: Add brief definition or description

Clinical entities and actions

• Acute coronary syndrome [r]: Set of signs and symptoms related to the heart, due to myocardial ischemia. ^[e]
  • Angina pectoris [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Myocardial infarction [r]: A heart attack, gross necrosis of the myocardium, resulting from interruption of the blood supply to the area. ^[e]
  • Myocardial ischemia [r]: Reversible reduction in the supply of blood to the heart muscle (i.e., myocardium), commonly causing the pain of angina ^[e]
• Advanced cardiac life support [r]: The use of methods and equipment, beyond the level of cardiopulmonary resuscitation but less than surgical or interventional cardiology, to treat cardiopulmonary arrest. ^[e]
  • Defibrillator [r]: Medical device which applies brief high-voltage electric shock to the heart, to restore a proper rhythm. ^[e]
  • Telemedicine [r]: The use of electronic communications to enable providers to diagnose, provide information, and deliver health services when they are not available for on-site service delivery ^[e]
  • Thrombolysis [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Pulmonary embolism [r]: Blocking of the pulmonary artery or one of its branches by an embolus. ^[e]
• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [r]: Award conferred once a year since 1901 by the Swedish Karolinska Institute, for physiology or medicine. ^[e]

Complementary tests

• Auscultation [r]: The act of listening for sounds within the body. ^[e]
• Echocardiogram [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Cardiac chemistry [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Creatine kinase [r]: Add brief definition or description
  • Troponin [r]: Muscle proteins that the calcium-binding component in the troponin-tropomyosin B-actin-myosin complex by conferring calcium sensitivity to the cross-linked actin and myosin filaments; subtypes are highly sensitive and specific to cardiac damage ^[e]