Taber's Medical Dictionary
Aschner phenomenon
(ash′nĕr)
[Bernhard Aschner, Austrian gynecologist, 1883-1960]
Slowing of the heart rate after pressure is applied to the eye or the carotid sinus. It was formerly used to slow the heart in patients with supraventricular tachycardia or angina pectoris. Also called Aschner's reflex and sign.
SYN: SEE: oculocardiac reflex
Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Aschner Phenomenon." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736944/all/Aschner_phenomenon.
Aschner phenomenon. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736944/all/Aschner_phenomenon. Accessed December 4, 2024.
Aschner phenomenon. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736944/all/Aschner_phenomenon
Aschner Phenomenon [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2024 December 04]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/736944/all/Aschner_phenomenon.
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