Taber's Medical Dictionary
cardioverter
(kăr′dē-ō-vĕr″tĕr)
To hear audio pronunciation of this topic, purchase a subscription or log in.A device used to administer electrical shocks to the heart through electrodes placed on the chest wall or on the surface of the heart itself. It is used in the emergency management of cardiac dysrhythmias such as ventricular or supraventricular tachycardias. Changing the dysrhythmia to normal sinus rhythm is called cardioversion.
SEE: defibrillator
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Cardioverter." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764102/all/cardioverter.
Cardioverter. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764102/all/cardioverter. Accessed June 6, 2023.
Cardioverter. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764102/all/cardioverter
Cardioverter [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 June 06]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/764102/all/cardioverter.
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