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Medical condition
Bigeminy
Other names
bigemini
Bigeminy as seen on a 12 lead ECG
Pronunciation
bigeminy /baɪˈdʒɛmɪni/ or bigemini /baɪˈdʒɛmɪˌnaɪ/
Bigeminy is a cardiac arrhythmia in which there is a single ectopic beat, or irregular heartbeat, following each regular heartbeat. Most often this is due to ectopic beats occurring so frequently that there is one after each sinus beat, or normal heartbeat. The two beats are figuratively similar to two twins (hence bi- + gemini). For example, in ventricular bigeminy, a sinus beat is shortly followed by a premature ventricular contraction (PVC), a pause, another normal beat, and then another PVC.[1] In atrial bigeminy, the other "twin" is a premature atrial contraction (PAC).
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three normal (sinus) beats between each PACs, the rhythm is called atrial bigeminy, trigeminy, or quadrigeminy. If 3 or more consecutive PACs occur in a row...
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