supraventricular

supraventricular (su-pra-ven-trik´yu-lar)

Above the ventricles; especially applied to rhythms originating from centers proximal to the ventricles, namely in the atrium, A-V node, or A-V junction, in contrast to rhythms arising in the ventricles themselves.

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