retrograde beat


ret·ro·grade beat

a beat occurring as an electrical activation of a portion of a heart chamber cephalad to the chamber of origin, for example, an atrial beat triggered by an impulse originating in the ventricle.

ret·ro·grade beat

(ret'rō-grād bēt) A beat occurring as an electrical activation of a portion of a heart chamber cephalad to the chamber of origin, e.g., an atrial beat triggered by an impulse originating in the ventricle.