Meaning: Having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. Synonyms: burry; setose; burred; setaceous; bristled; briery; briary; barbellate; spiny; thorny; prickly; barbed; bristly. Context examples: a horse with a short bristly mane / bristly shrubs / burred fruits / setaceous whiskers. Similar:
Atrial Bigeminy is a harmless, benign rhythm. It is frequently an incidental finding and is usually asymptomatic. No further cardiac investigations are indicated as most people with this rhythm do not have organic heart disease (although in those with heart disease, it seen).
Ventricular premature complexes. Bigeminy: alternating patterns of VPCs and normal impulses. Cardiac impulses originate in the AV node or below. - Causes: poor tissue perfusion, and pulse defects. - On ECG: wide and bizzare QRS complexes with no associated P wave, VPC is followed by a pause.