Medical Definition of Escape contraction

1. Escaped beat, an automatic beat, usually arising from the A-V junction or ventricle, occurring after the next expected normal beat has defaulted; it is therefore always a late beat, terminating a longer cycle than the normal. Synonym: escape contraction. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Escape Contraction

escapability
escapable
escapade
escapades
escapado
escape
escape-capture bigeminy
escape artist
escape artists
escape beat
escape character
escape characters
escape clause
escape cock
escape conditioning
escape contraction (current term)
escape expert
escape from
escape hatch
escape impulse
escape interval
escape literature
escape mechanism
escape phenomenon
escape pod
escape pods
escape reaction
escape rhythm
escape sequence
escape sequences

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