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Premature ventricular contractions

Known as: Premature ventricular contraction, Ventricular Beat, Premature, ECTOPIC BEATS (VENTRICULAR) 
A type of cardiac arrhythmia with premature contractions of the HEART VENTRICLES. It is characterized by the premature QRS complex on ECG that is of… 
National Institutes of Health

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Broader (3)

Conduction disorder of the heartPremature Cardiac ComplexVentricular arrhythmia

Narrower (1)

Stoll Alembik Dott syndrome

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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Thiazide diuretics, hypokalemia and cardiac arrhythmias.
Thiazide diuretics are widely accepted as the cornerstone of antihypertensive treatment programs. Hypokalemia is a commonly… 
Highly Cited
1991
Highly Cited
1991
Influence of clinical and hemodynamic variables on risk of supraventricular tachycardia after coronary artery bypass.
Highly Cited
1990
Highly Cited
1990
Progressive ventricular enlargement in schizophrenia: Comparison to bipolar affective disorder and correlation with clinical course
Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
Symptomatic, Familial, Perinatal, and Social Correlates of Computerized Axial Tomography (CAT) Changes in Schizophrenics and Bipolars
Computerized axial tomography (CAT) scans were blindly examined, and lateral ventricular-to-brain ratios calculated in 19… 
Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
A New Method for Evaluating Antiarrhythmic Drug Efficacy
To develop standards for distinguishing antiarrhythmic drug effect from spontaneous variability of premature ventricular… 
Highly Cited
1979
Highly Cited
1979
Antiarrhythmic Drug Therapy in Survivors of Prehospital Cardiac Arrest: Comparison of Effects on Chronic Ventricular Arrhythmias Recurrent Cardiac Arrest
We studied the long-term effects of membrane-active antiarrhythmic agents on chronic ventricular arrhythmias in patients who have… 
Review
1974
Review
1974
Exercise stress testing for exposure of cardiac arrhythmia.
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
LIGNOCAINE IN THE MANAGEMENT OF ARRHYTHMIAS AFTER ACUTE MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
Sequelae of premature birth. Evaluation of premature infants of low birth weights at ten years of age.
Introduction Until recently, it was considered1-3that premature infants might have an increased possibility of being handicapped… 
Highly Cited
1951
Highly Cited
1951
Studies of the circulatory dynamics in mitral stenosis. II. Altered dynamics at rest.
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