• Macroreentry

    Origin

    - + macro + reentry

    Full definition of macroreentry

    Noun

    macroreentry

    (countable and uncountable; plural macroreentrys)
    1. The reentry of current into a largish portion of the electrical conduction system of the heart (as opposed to one small spot therein), as in reentrant tachycardias such as AVRT and AVNRT.
      • 2013 , Laurent Roten , Diagnosis of macroreentrant atrial tachycardia , To succeed in ablation of AT, its mechanism must be identified and the tachycardia circuit or origin mapped. In many cases, the mechanism of AT following atrial fibrillation
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