| Phenotype: | cardiac conduction rate, abnormal |
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| Note: | This statement combines anatomy and/or ontology terms with phenotype quality terms to create a complete phenotype (EQ) statement. For detailed information on individual terms, click the hyperlinked term name. |
| Name: | cardiac conduction |
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| Definition: | Transfer of an organized electrical impulse across the heart to coordinate the contraction of cardiac muscles. The process begins with generation of an action potential (in the sinoatrial node (SA) in humans) and ends with a change in the rate, frequency, or extent of the contraction of the heart muscles. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0061337] QuickGO AmiGO |
| Name: | rate |
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| Definition: | A quality of a single process inhering in a bearer by virtue of the bearer's occurrence per unit time. |
| Ontology: | Phenotypic Quality Ontology [PATO:0000161] |