What's the difference between arrhythmic and jerky?

Arrhythmic


Definition:

  • (a.) Alt. of Arrhythmous

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Dietary fat can modify the vulnerability of the myocardium to arrhythmic stimuli.
  • (2) The arrhythmic threshold dose for epinephrine and dopamine was significantly (p less than 0.05) reduced during halothane anesthesia when compared to values determined in awake animals.
  • (3) These unfortunate results were especially surprising in that the CAST population represented patients in whom the risk of arrhythmic death was only moderate and the risk of proarrhythmia was thought to be low.
  • (4) The arrhythmic action on the ventricle is therefore remarkable and is not accompanied by patent electrophysiologic effects.
  • (5) Clofilium and d-sotalol differentially produced early afterdepolarisations at or very near "anti-arrhythmic" doses.
  • (6) The sensitivity of the signal-averaged ECG as a predictor of arrhythmic events was 92% with a specificity of 62%.
  • (7) Although an effective therapeutic regimen can generally be achieved with no exact knowledge of the arrhythmic mechanism or of the specific action of a given drug, future investigations hould augment existing information to yield a more rational means of treatment and prevention of arrhythmias as well as to aid in the development of new antiarrhythmic agents.
  • (8) Since LPG have pronounced arrhythmogenic properties, the data obtained suggest that anti-arrhythmic activity of phosphocreatine and phosphocreatinine in acute myocardial ischemia results from the effect these substances have on membrane phospholipid metabolism in the ischemized area.
  • (9) At the experiments with the isolated rat hearts, prepared by Langendorff, the anti-arrhythmic dose-effects of the water-soluble antioxidant fenozan from the class of steric-hindrance phenols were studied at condition of regional ischemia and reperfusion, as well as its action on the coronary flow.
  • (10) Although all anticholinergics exert an arrhythmic effect, comparative data on occurrence and severity of arrhythmias are not available.
  • (11) In the presence of papaverine isoprenaline induced arrhythmic contractions of the papillary muscle: the incidence of arrhythmic contractions was positively correlated to the concentration of papaverine.
  • (12) In view of the results of CAST, researchers working in the field of experimental arrhythmia have been increasingly focusing on the quest for new anti-arrhythmic modes of action and ways of detecting pro-arrhythmic properties of antiarrhythmic drugs at an early stage.
  • (13) Actuarial analysis has demonstrated significant impact on the survival rate of the patients receiving implants with 1 year arrhythmic mortality rate reduced to 2% or less in all groups analyzed.
  • (14) The antiarrhythmic effect of sodium valproate (acidoprol) on the degree of arrhythmic manifestations was examined in 18 patients with neurocirculatory dystonia (NCD) and 19 with coronary heart disease (CHD).
  • (15) Even though the overall mortality rate was 13.20%, it was not due to arrhythmia itself but most of them died of non-arrhythmic origin.
  • (16) Left ventricular end-diastolic cavity dimensions were smaller in those with an abnormal forearm blood flow response, but other clinical, echocardiographic, and arrhythmic variables were similar.
  • (17) In arrhythmic cases, lithium oxybutyrate was shown to have a hypokinetic effect on central hemodynamics and contribute to peripheral vasodilatation without causing clinically apparent circulatory disorders.
  • (18) We wanted to know whether the arrhythmicity of this population was due to the absence of circadian rhythmicity within each individual cell, or merely due to asynchrony of a population of individually rhythmic cells.
  • (19) As intensive care evolved, better resuscitation techniques became available, understanding of the terminal arrhythmic mechanism improved, and the prevention of cardiac arrest by aggressive and prompt treatment of the minor warning arrhythmias became feasible.
  • (20) This pro-arrhythmic effect appears to be related to its class 3 anti-arrhythmic properties (QT interval prolongation) which is dose dependent, occurring only at large doses.

Jerky


Definition:

  • (a.) Moving by jerks and starts; characterized by abrupt transitions; as, a jerky vehicle; a jerky style.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) You can see the stitching in Igglepiggle's blanket; you sense (you'd be right) that the jerky Pontipines are manipulated by magnets, like the players in an old-fashioned toy theatre.
  • (2) Therefore, in the present study, the slow phase of CN during convergence was analyzed in 7 patients horizontal and jerky type CN.
  • (3) She also had contractures of hips, knees and ankles, and bilateral spasticity and jerky movements.
  • (4) The main form of translocation on laminin was a jerky cycle of prolonged lamellipod extension followed by rapid (approximately 200- less than 500 microh h-1) movement of the cell body into the extended lamellipod.
  • (5) Electronystagmographic study showed that this jerky eye movement appeared especially with changes of fixation of the eyes.
  • (6) When she violates his expectancy for rhythmic interaction by presenting a still, unresponsive face to him, he becomes visibly concerned, his movements become jerky, he averts his face, then attempts to draw her into interaction.
  • (7) In addition to the consistent neurological abnormalities described previously in this syndrome, the infant had a striking neurological constellation, absence of primitive reflexes, jerky eye movements, failure to habituate to repeated stimuli, inadequate behavior development, and absence of orientation responses to visual or auditory stimuli.
  • (8) This ambulatory piece of salmon jerky can offer himself up for public service and it’s treated as totally normal.
  • (9) Jerky nystagmus of latent typ was the most frequent form, pendular nystagmus the next.
  • (10) The defects included abnormal OKN (86%), jerky pursuit (76%), ocular dysmetria (57%), slow saccades (43%), abnormal VOR or VVOR (43%), and fixation instability (19%).
  • (11) "It tastes a bit like beef jerky; it goes well with a cold beer."
  • (12) The influences of lift velocity and jerky movement on lumbar stress are quantified.
  • (13) Seven patients (group I) developed an oculomotor syndrome in the sound eye characterized by jerky nystagmus in abduction, adduction fixation preference, and head-turn toward the side of the fixating eye.
  • (14) Huntington's Disease, a severe disease lasting about 10 years and involving personality changes, jerky movements, paranoia, dementia, inability to think cognitively, and eventual death, shows up between the ages of 30-50.
  • (15) He's still got it, and offers to fetch it from his Hampstead hallway, but he's been leaping up and down all morning chasing coffee and cakes, and every jerky movement is accompanied by a quiet groan, only half-stifled.
  • (16) During ECC, the pressure on the sternum was maintained for about 0.5 sec (sustained pressure technique), flow and mean arterial pressure were improved by 32 and 20%, respectively, as compared with flow and pressure obtained with a quick and more jerky compression.
  • (17) Spastic contractions of the striated sphincter during detrusor contraction were observed in 8 patients with an intermittent and jerky urinary stream.
  • (18) About half were indistinguishable from wild type; the others exhibited "jerky" or "twirly" movements instead of relatively straight paths.
  • (19) d-Tc increased ambulation and caused jerky side-to-side movements.
  • (20) Expiration is attended by a specific component of a vomiting reaction--jerky contraction of the abdominal muscles directed at evacuation of the food from the gastrointestinal tract.

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