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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Arrhythmias, Cardiac > Arrhythmia, Sinus > Sinus Arrest, Cardiac
Cardiovascular Diseases > Heart Diseases > Arrhythmias, Cardiac > Arrhythmia, Sinus > Sinus Arrest, Cardiac

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Sinus Arrest, Cardiac  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cardiac Sinus Arrest
  • Cardiac Sinus Pause
  • Cardiac Sinus Pauses
  • Sinus Pause, Cardiac
  • Sinus Pauses, Cardiac

Scope note

  • The omission of atrial activation that is caused by transient cessation of impulse generation at the SINOATRIAL NODE. It is characterized by a prolonged pause without P wave in an ELECTROCARDIOGRAM. Sinus arrest has been associated with sleep apnea (REM SLEEP-RELATED SINUS ARREST).

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  • 2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D054138

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