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cardioversion en · NOUN

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The treatment of cardiac arrhythmia, either with medication or by use of a machine (a cardioverter) that delivers a controlled electric current.
    • The posologies employed require careful clinical and electrical supervision, and the same anticoagulant measures as for electrical cardioversion are necessary. 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:

Forms

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Coordinates

defibrillation

Deriveds

precardioversion · postcardioversion

Hyponyms

electrocardioversion

Relateds

cardiovert

Translations (3)

fi kardioversio (treatment of cardiac arrhythmia) · es cardioversión (treatment of cardiac arrhythmia) · ca cardioversió (treatment of cardiac arrhythmia)