Can anyone explain me these medical terms?!
Question:
Can anyone explain me these medical terms?
Sinus node recovery times
sinus cycle length
tilt-table test
Vasodepressor syncope
Supraventricular tachycardia with a rapid ventricular response.
Answers:
The tilt table test is used to diagnose causes of fainting.
"The tilt-table test is aptly described by its name. It involves placing a patient on a table with a foot-support. The table is then tilted upward. The tilt-table may start off in a horizontal position and be tilted by degrees to a vertical position."
http://www.medicinenet.com/tilt-table_te...
"Sinus node: The sinus node is one of the major elements in the cardiac conduction system, the system that controls the heart rate. This stunningly designed system generates electrical impulses and conducts them throughout the muscle of the heart, stimulating the heart to contract and pump blood."
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art....
I think then that the sinus node recovery time is the amount of time it takes before the sinus node is ready to fire again.
"Vasodepressor syncope: The temporary loss of consciousness in a particular kind of situation. (Syncope is temporary loss of consciousness or, in plain English, fainting). The situations that trigger this reaction are diverse and include having blood drawn, straining while urinating or defecating or coughing. The reaction also can be due to the emotional stress of fear or pain. "
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art....
"Supraventricular tachycardia: Abbreviated SVT. A regular, abnormally fast heart beat (tachycardia) caused by rapid firing of electrical impulses from a focus above the atrioventricular node (A-V node) in the heart. Called supraventricular because the tachycardia originates above the ventricles of the heart."
http://www.medterms.com/script/main/art....