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Definition of Nodal rhythm
1. Noun. The normal cardiac rhythm when the heart is controlled by the atrioventricular node.
Medical Definition of Nodal rhythm
1. The cardiac rhythm when the heart is controlled by the A-V junction (including node); arising in the A-V junction, the impulse ascends to the atria and descends to the ventricles, each at varying speeds depending on site of the pacemaker. Synonym: A-V junctional rhythm, nodal bradycardia, nodal rhythm. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nodal Rhythm
Literary usage of Nodal rhythm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Diseases of the heart by James Mackenzie (1908)
"Manner in which the nodal rhythm leads to heart failure. 157. ... In the vast
majority of cases of nodal rhythm the heart beats more rapidly than normal, ..."
2. The Harvey Lectures by Harvey Society of New York, New York Academy of Medicine (1914)
"But simple excision of the sinus node alone rarely results in the appearance of
nodal rhythm, and even when it does occur it may be only transitory, ..."
3. Therapeutics of the circulation by Thomas Lauder Brunton (1915)
"... and His — Pacemaker of the Heart—nodal rhythm — Heart-block — Cause of
Heart-block in Man—Functional Heart-block— Noeud Vital of the Heart—Kronecker and ..."
4. Clinical electrocardiography by Fredrick Arthur Willius (1922)
"AURICULOVENTRICULAR (NODAL) RHYTHM That the auriculoventricular node is endowed
with the inherent property of automatism was first recognized by ..."
5. A Handbook of Medical Diagnosis: For the Use of Practitioners and Students by James Cornelius Wilson (1915)
"nodal rhythm — Continuous Irregularity ; Rhythm of Auricular ... The nodal rhythm
is present in the majority of cases of severe heart failure and in a great ..."
6. State board questions and answers by Rudolph Max Goepp (1917)
"What is meant by "nodal rhythm"? A form of cardiac irregularity in which ventricular
systole precedes, or is synchronous, with contraction of the auricle. ..."
7. The Journal of Experimental Medicine by Rockefeller University, Rockefeller Institute, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research (1919)
"Frequency of Spontaneous nodal rhythm in Cats.—In the interpretation of ...
Of seventeen animals (Table I), nine showed nodal rhythm one or more times ..."
8. Kirkes' Handbook of Physiology by William Senhouse Kirkes, Charles Wilson Greene (1922)
"The escape is to the auriculo-ventricular nodal rhythm. The inhibitory fibers
have their origin in nerve cells in the nucleus of the vagus, ..."
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