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Contraction of the heart

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Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are extra, abnormal heartbeats that begin in one of your heart's two lower pumping chambers (ventricles). These extra beats disrupt your regular heart rhythm, sometimes causing you to feel a flip-flop or skipped beat in your chest.

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This video covers premature ventricular contractions, extra abnormal heartbeats that begin in one of the heart's two lower chambers, the ventricles. It explains that these extra beats disrupt the regular heart rhythm and can cause a feeling of a flip-flop or skipped beat in the chest.

Key points

  • Premature ventricular contractions are extra, abnormal heartbeats
  • They begin in the ventricles, the heart's lower pumping chambers
  • They disrupt the regular heart rhythm
  • A flip-flop or skipped-beat feeling in the chest is described

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This video presents “Contraction of the heart” — Premature ventricular contractions (PVCs) are extra, abnormal heartbeats that begin in one of your heart's two lower pumping chambers (ventricles). These extra beats disrupt your regular heart rhythm, sometimes causing you to feel a. Whether you are preparing for a procedure, studying the technique, or learning how a condition is assessed, the recording shows the process as it is performed in practice.

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