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cardiovert

cardiovert verb: to perform (or attempt) cardioversion: to correct cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) using electric current or medication.

Verb

cardiovert (third-person singular simple present cardioverts, present participle cardioverting, simple past and past participle cardioverted)

  1. To perform (or attempt) cardioversion: to correct cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) using electric current or medication.
    • In contrast, only 21% of patients were successfully cardioverted with a 100-J monophasic shock and the cumulative success rate was only approximately 80%.2009, Jonathan S. Steinberg, Suneet Mittal, editors, Electrophysiology: A Companion Guide for the Cardiology Fellow During the EP Rotation, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, →ISBN, page 164

Forms of cardiovert

third-person singular presentcardioverts
present participlecardioverting
past participlecardioverted
pastcardioverted

Origin of cardiovert

Back-formation from cardioversion.

Words formed from cardiovert

Questions about cardiovert

What does cardiovert mean?
Cardiovert means to perform (or attempt) cardioversion: to correct cardiac arrhythmia (irregular heartbeat) using electric current or medication.
What part of speech is cardiovert?
Cardiovert is a verb.
What is the past tense of cardiovert?
The past tense of cardiovert is cardioverted.

Words near cardiovert in the dictionary

  1. cardioventricle
  2. cardioventricles
  3. cardioventricular
  4. cardioversion
  5. cardioversions
  6. cardiovert
  7. cardioverted
  8. cardioverter
  9. cardioverters
  10. cardioverting
  11. cardiovertor

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