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cardioverting

cardioverting is the present participle and gerund of cardiovert.

Meaning of cardiovert

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

Questions about cardioverting

What is cardioverting the present participle and gerund of?
Cardioverting is the present participle and gerund of cardiovert.

Words near cardioverting in the dictionary

  1. cardioversions
  2. cardiovert
  3. cardioverted
  4. cardioverter
  5. cardioverters
  6. cardioverting
  7. cardiovertor
  8. cardiovertors
  9. cardioverts
  10. cardiovessel
  11. cardiovessels

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