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| 1st degree AV block: PR interval > 200ms |
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| accelerated idioventricular rhythm: rates of 50-100bpm, automaticity mechanism, associated with reperfusion after MI |
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| atrial fibrillation: "irregularly irregular"; no P wave, normal QRS |
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| atrial flutter (3:1 AV block): "sawtooth"; 250-350bpm; many P waves, normal QRS |
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| atrial premature depolarization: aberrant P wave, normal QRS |
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complete heart block = 3rd degree block: atrial rate > ventricular rate; do NOT give atropine
(vs. AV dissociation: atrial rate < ventricular rate; tx: atropine) |
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| sinus rhythm: normal; 60-100bpm, PR 120-200msec; QRS 100msec; QT 400msec |
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| sinus bradycardia: <60bpm |
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| sinus tachycardia: >100bpm |
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| supraventricular tachycardia: caused by premature atrial beats; no P waves; AV node-dependent |
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| trigeminy premature ventricular depolarization: widened QRS, inverted T wave |
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| ventricular fibrillation: chaos! 100% mortality! |
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| monomorphic ventricular tachycardia: wide QRS, no P waves |
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| 2nd degree AV block Mobitz type I (Wenckebach): progressively prolonged PR interval until dropped QRS; seen in digitalis toxicity |
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| which arrhythmia is caused by automaticity only? |
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| accelerated idioventricular rhythm |
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| which arrhythmia is associated with reperfusion after MI |
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| accelerated idioventricular rhythm |
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| atrial depolarization is faster than ventricular depolarization |
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| atrial depolarization is slower than ventricular depolarization |
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