heart arrhythmia
group of conditions in which the heartbeat is irregular, too fast, or too slow
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Summary
heart arrhythmia is a medical finding[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of medical finding entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,667 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: symptom or sign[3], class of disease[4]
- Subclass of: heart disease[5], clinical sign[6], finding of cardiac rhythm[7], cardiovascular system symptom[8]
- Commons category: Cardiac arrhythmias[9]
- Opposite of: normal sinus rhythm[10]
- ICPC 2 ID: K80[11], K05[12]
- Afflicts: heart rate variability[13]
- Topic's main category: Category:Cardiac arrhythmia[14]
- Described by source: Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[15], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[16], Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 1[17]
- Has effect: heart failure[18]
- ICD-9-CM: 427.9[19]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C2881[20]
- Health specialty: cardiology[21], rhythmology[22]
- Drug or therapy used for treatment: moricizine[23], amiodarone[24], lidocaine[25], encainide[26], papaverine[27], tocainide[28], (RS)-propafenone[29], dronedarone[30], digoxin[31], (RS)-metoprolol[32], atenolol/chlorthalidone[33], flecainide[34], dabigatran etexilate[35], sotalol[36]
- Genetic association: KCNH2[37], SCN5A[38]
- Studied by: rhythmology[39]
- Exact match: http://www.orpha.net/ORDO/Orphanet_218436[40], http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/SYMP_0000287[41]
Why It Matters
heart arrhythmia has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 123 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]