Bigeminus
| Classification according to ICD-10 | |
|---|---|
| I49.- | Other cardiac arrhythmias |
| I49.1 | Atrial extrasystole |
| I49.2 | AV-junctional extrasystole |
| I49.3 | Ventricular extrasystole |
| I49.4 | Other and unspecified extrasystole |
| ICD-10 online (WHO version 2019) | |
Under Bigeminy ( lat. Geminus "double"), also called "twin pulse" is understood in medicine Doppelschlägigkeit the pulse. This is a cardiac arrhythmia in which every systole is followed by an (usually ventricular) extrasystole . If an extrasystole follows not every but every second regularly excited systole, one speaks of the trigeminal nerve , and when the extrasystole follows three regular systoles , one speaks of the quadrigeminus .
