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gallop rhythm

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noun

Pathology.

  1. an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by three clear sounds in each beat, resembling the sound of a horse's gallop.

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Through arteriosclerosis of the coronary vessels extensive fibrous changes may occur that lead to a myocardial insufficiency with its attending symptoms—dyspnea, irregular and intermittent heart, gallop rhythm, edema, etc.

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