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==Overview== | |||
Atrioventricular (AV) dissociation is an electrocardiographic syndrome with features of independent functioning of atria and ventricles. It is to be remembered that it is a descriptive term and not a diagnostic endpoint because the AV dissociation that appears in the electrocardiogram is secondary to some other underlying cardiac rhythm disturbance. |
Revision as of 23:08, 29 August 2013
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Vendhan Ramanujam M.B.B.S [2]
Synonyms and keywords: AV dissociation
Overview
Atrioventricular (AV) dissociation is an electrocardiographic syndrome with features of independent functioning of atria and ventricles. It is to be remembered that it is a descriptive term and not a diagnostic endpoint because the AV dissociation that appears in the electrocardiogram is secondary to some other underlying cardiac rhythm disturbance.