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What does ectopy mean?

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Noun
  1. (pathology) The condition such that an organ or other body part has an abnormal position.
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Amiodarone obviously has not prevented the ectopy, but has kept the rate slow when an idioventricular rhythm occurred.
Cervical ectopy in adolescent girls with and without human immunodeficiency virus infection.
Of more interest is a sub-group of patients with runs of atrial ectopy, which degenerate to paroxysms of atrial fibrillation.
Chest auscultation revealed audible heart sounds with regular heart rate but occasional ectopy.
A 24-hour Holter recording revealed an underlying sinus rhythm, with heart rates between 48 to 153 bpm and no ventricular ectopy.
Inherited ventricular ectopy and sudden death in young german shepherd dogs.

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