ATRIOVENTRICULAR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does atrioventricular mean? 

• ATRIOVENTRICULAR (adjective)
  The adjective ATRIOVENTRICULAR has 1 sense:

1. relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart

  Familiarity information: ATRIOVENTRICULAR used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ATRIOVENTRICULAR (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Relating to or affecting the atria and ventricles of the heart

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Synonyms:

atrioventricular; auriculoventricular

Context example:

atrioventricular disease

Pertainym:

atrium (any chamber that is connected to other chambers or passageways (especially one of the two upper chambers of the heart))

ventricle (a chamber of the heart that receives blood from an atrium and pumps it to the arteries)

 Context examples 

This agent also acts directly on the atrioventricular node to suppress conduction, thereby slowing conduction velocity.

(Digoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

The disease often involves the atrioventricular valves, leading to valvular regurgitaion.

(Endomyocardial Fibrosis, NCI Thesaurus)

A multicystic tumor arising in the inferior interatrial septum in the region of the atrioventricular node.

(Cystic Tumor of Atrioventricular Node, NCI Thesaurus)

Isolated congenital complete atrioventricular block may be associated with maternal connective tissue disorders.

(Congenital Complete Atrioventricular Block, NCI Thesaurus)

An invasive therapeutic procedure to destroy tissue in an accessory pathways in the atrioventricular conduction system that contributes to arrhythmia.

(Ablation of Cardiac Accessory Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)

In an individual with a left-dominant heart, this is the first branch that arises from the circumflex artery atrioventricular groove continuation when counted from proximal to distal.

(First Left Posterolateral Branch Artery, NCI Thesaurus)

Ibutilide slightly decreases the sinus rate and atrioventricular (AV) conduction and produces a dose-related prolongation of the QT interval.

(Ibutilide Fumarate, NCI Thesaurus)

This decreases excitability, slows the impulse conduction through the atrioventricular (AV) node and depresses depolarization.

(Moricizine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

An electrocardiographic finding of an arrhythmia originating from within the atrioventricular node.

(Nodal Arrhythmia by ECG Finding, NCI Thesaurus)

Narrowing of the left atrioventricular mitral orifice.

(Mitral Stenosis, NCI Thesaurus)