cardioversion

See also: cardioversión

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cardioversion

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Etymology

From cardio- (“heart”) +‎ -version (“changing”). Compare reversion and conversion.

Noun

cardioversion (countable and uncountable, plural cardioversions)

1. The treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, either with medication or by use of a machine (a cardioverter) that delivers a controlled electric current.
   • 2012, Y. Grosgogeat, “Cerebral Ischemic Accidents of Cardiac Origin”, in Jacques Bories, editor, Cerebral Ischaemia: A Neuroradiological Study (Neuroradiology; volume 27, number 6), Berlin: Springer-Verlag, →DOI, →ISBN, page 130:

     The posologies employed require careful clinical and electrical supervision, and the same anticoagulant measures as for electrical cardioversion are necessary.

Hyponyms

• electrocardioversion

Coordinate terms

• defibrillation

Derived terms

• precardioversion
• postcardioversion

Related terms

• cardiovert

Translations

treatment of cardiac arrhythmia

Catalan: cardioversió f Finnish: kardioversio Spanish: cardioversión f

See also

• cardioversion on Wikipedia.Wikipedia