Cardiac ectopy
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'''Cardiac ectopy''' or "ventricular extra beats" is a disturbance of the [[electrical conduction system of the heart]] in which beats arise from the wrong part of the [[myocardium|heart muscle]]. It is a form of [[cardiac arrhythmia]] in which [[Ectopic pacemaker|ectopic foci]] in the [[cardiac ventricle|ventricular]] [[myocardium]], or from finer branches of the electric transduction system, cause additional beats of the [[heart]]. Some [[medication]] may worsen the condition. It does not usually need to be treated medically.
For further detail, see the discussion on [[Arrhythmia#Origin of impulse|origin of cardiac impulse]] in the [[Arrhythmia]] article.
[[Category:Cardiology]]
[[Category:Cardiac electrophysiology]]
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