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Preferred term

Electric Countershock  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Related concepts

Entry terms

  • Cardiac Electroversion
  • Cardiac Electroversions
  • Cardioversion
  • Cardioversion, Electrical
  • Cardioversions
  • Cardioversions, Electrical
  • Defibrillation, Electric
  • Defibrillations, Electric
  • Electrical Cardioversion
  • Electrical Cardioversions
  • Electric Defibrillation
  • Electric Defibrillations
  • Electroversion, Cardiac
  • Electroversions, Cardiac

Note

  • /instrum: consider also DEFIBRILLATORS or DEFIBRILLATORS, IMPLANTABLE

Scope note

  • An electrical current applied to the HEART to terminate a CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIA.

History note

  • 65(63)

In other languages

  • sähköinen rytminsiirto

    Finnish

  • cardioversio
  • defibrillaatio
  • defibrillatio
  • defibrillointi
  • kardioversio
  • rytminsiirto
  • sydämen rytminsiirto
  • Elkonvertering

    Swedish

  • Elektrokonvertering
  • Hjärtdefibrillering

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004554

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