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).
The differential diagnosis of bigeminal rhythms. Wing JP, Phibbs B. Bigeminal rhythms may arise from ectopic firing or from failure of impulse generation or conduction. In atrial bigeminy a premature atrial beat beat follows each sinus beat. If the PAC is not conducted bradycardia may result; if it is symptomatic treatment with digitalis or quinidine is indicated.