Cardiac ectopy

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Cardiac ectopy is a disturbance of the electrical conduction system of the heart, in which beats arise from the wrong part of the heart muscle. It can lead to serious arrythmia.

For now, see the discussion on origin of cardiac impulse.

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