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BRADYCARDIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Abnormally slow heartbeat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("bradycardia" is a kind of...):

arrhythmia; cardiac arrhythmia (an abnormal rate of muscle contractions in the heart)

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These agents block the action of natural sympathomimetic neurotransmitters (norepinephrine and related substances), and can initiate physiological responses such as vasodilation, bradycardia, and pupil contraction.

(Alpha-adrenergic antagonist, NCI Thesaurus)

Stimulation of the mu receptors produces the typical narcotic effects of analgesia, miosis, euphoria, respiratory depression, sedation, physical dependence and bradycardia.

(Dihydrocodeine Bitartrate, NCI Thesaurus)

Alphaprodine mimics the actions of endogenous neuropeptides by binding to opioid receptors, thereby producing characteristic morphine-like effects via the mu-opioid receptor, including analgesia, euphoria, sedation, respiratory depression, miosis, bradycardia, and physical dependence.

(Alphaprodine Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)

Cardiac arrest that was a result of bradycardia.

(Bradycardia Arrest, NCI Thesaurus)

When the heart beats too slowly, it is called bradycardia.

(Arrhythmia, NIH: National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

Cisatracurium besylate can cause bronchospasms, hypotension, and bradycardia.

(Cisatracurium Besylate, NCI Thesaurus)

This drug may cause hypotension, bradycardia, nausea, vomiting, bronchospasm, and abdominal cramps.

(Carbachol, NCI Thesaurus)

Phenylephrine is a post-synaptic alpha-adrenergic receptor agonist that causes vasoconstriction, increases systolic/diastolic pressures, reflex bradycardia, and stroke output.

(Phenylephrine, NCI Thesaurus)

This leads to an inhibition of the typical actions of opioid analgesics, including analgesia, euphoria, sedation, respiratory depression, miosis, bradycardia, and physical dependence.

(Naltrexone, NCI Thesaurus)

Naloxone binds to opioid receptors in the CNS in a competitive manner, reversing or inhibiting characteristic opioid effects, including analgesia, euphoria, sedation, respiratory depression, miosis, bradycardia, and physical dependence.

(Naloxone Hydrochloride, NCI Thesaurus)