arrhythmia

IPA: ɝˈɪðmiʌ

An irregular heartbeat; a lack of a regular pulse
A disease entity involving such beats, such as atrial fibrillation, ventricular tachycardia, AV nodal reentrant tachycardia, or others.

Examples of "arrhythmia" in Sentences

Multaq was approved for short-term arrhythmia lasting less than six months.
(An arrhythmia is an irregular heart beat caused by a problem with the heart's built-in electrical system.)
"The term arrhythmia refers to any change from the normal sequence of electrical impulses, causing abnormal heart rhythms.
The only way it could affect your heart, and even this is a stretch, is if you peed so much that you lost too many electrolytes and your heart went into arrhythmia, which is not what happened here.
Based on the results of these tests, the pediatric cardiologist will determine whether your child has an arrhythmia, which is an irregular heart beat caused by a problem with the heart's built-in electrical system.
"I think she got such a shock over Portia's death that her heart went into a dangerous arrhythmia, which is an irregular heartbeat, and she didn't recover," said Mrs Sugliano, who also lost her father in December last year.
BLAKEY: Again, the American College of Cardiology says that these defibrillators are 99 percent effective at avoiding sudden death from arrhythmia, which is what apparent the doctors believe the vice president is suffering from.