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wandering pacemaker

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Main Entry: wandering pacemaker
Function: noun
: a back-and-forth shift in the location of cardiac pacemaking especially from the sinoatrial node to or near theatrioventricular node
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wandering pacemaker n.
A disturbance of the normal cardiac rhythm in which the site of the controlling pacemaker shifts from beat to beat, usually between the sinoatrial and atrioventricular nodes.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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