Preferred Name

Ventricular extrasystoles

Synonyms

Extra heart beat

Premature ventricular contractions

Skipped heartbeat

Missed heartbeat

Definitions

A premature ventricular contraction may be perceived as a skipped beat or as palpitations. Premature ventricular contractions (PVC) or ventricular extrasystoles are premature contractions of the heart that arise in response to an impulse in the ventricles rather than the normal impulse from the sinoatrial (SA) node.

ID

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0006682

comment

A premature ventricular contraction may be perceived as a skipped beat or as palpitations.

database_cross_reference

SNOMEDCT_US:17338001

SNOMEDCT_US:251175005

UMLS:C0151636

MSH:D018879

definition

Premature ventricular contractions (PVC) or ventricular extrasystoles are premature contractions of the heart that arise in response to an impulse in the ventricles rather than the normal impulse from the sinoatrial (SA) node.

has exact synonym

Extra heart beat

Premature ventricular contractions

has_alternative_id

HP:0006678

has_obo_namespace

human_phenotype

has_related_synonym

Skipped heartbeat

Missed heartbeat

id

HP:0006682

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/hp.owl

label

Ventricular extrasystoles

notation

HP:0006682

prefLabel

Ventricular extrasystoles

subClassOf

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/HP_0004308

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