ECGs Made Easy: Pocket ReferenceThis portable reference offers quick, convenient access to key guidance on ECG interpretation. Completely updated to reflect the 2000 guidelines for CPR and emergency cardiovascular care, it puts essential, state-of-the-art knowledge at the readers' fingertips. |
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... Electrical impulses originating in the SA node produce various waves on the ... impulse that origi- nated in the SA node stimulates the right atrium and ... electrical impulse throughout the right and left atria . The atria contract a ...
... Electrical impulses originating in the SA node produce various waves on the ... impulse that origi- nated in the SA node stimulates the right atrium and ... electrical impulse throughout the right and left atria . The atria contract a ...
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... electrical impulse was conducted normally through the atria , AV node , bundle of His , bundle branches , and Purkinje fibers • Normally measures 0.12 to 0.20 sec in adults ; may be shorter in children and longer in older persons ...
... electrical impulse was conducted normally through the atria , AV node , bundle of His , bundle branches , and Purkinje fibers • Normally measures 0.12 to 0.20 sec in adults ; may be shorter in children and longer in older persons ...
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... electrical impulse to allow the atria to contract and complete filling of the ventricles with blood before the next ventricular contraction . After passing through the AV node , the electrical impulse enters the bundle of His . The ...
... electrical impulse to allow the atria to contract and complete filling of the ventricles with blood before the next ventricular contraction . After passing through the AV node , the electrical impulse enters the bundle of His . The ...
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Anatomy and Physiology | 1 |
Basic Electrophysiology | 17 |
Sinus Mechanisms | 54 |
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12-lead ECG abnormal asystole atrial fibrillation atrial flutter atrial tachycardia AV node baseline beats/min blood bradycardia cardiac cells Causes and Clinical chamber Clinical Significance conduction system contraction coronary artery decreased defibrillator depolarization disease dysrhythmia ectopic electrical activity electrical impulse electrode escape beats Figure heart rate hyperkalemia inferior interval QRS duration Intervention junctional escape left ventricle mitral Mosby muscle myocardial ischemia myocardium negative node normal occur pacemaker pacing lead patient posterior PR interval CHARACTERISTICS PR interval QRS precordial leads pulmonary pulse Purkinje fibers PVCs Q wave QRS complex QRS duration CHARACTERISTICS QT interval R-R intervals Rate Rhythm receptors Rhythm P waves right atrium right ventricle SA node sec or less Second-degree AV block signs and symptoms sinoatrial sinoatrial node sinus arrest sinus rhythm Sinus tachycardia St Louis stimulation syndrome TABLE transcutaneous pacing usually valve ventricular depolarization ventricular rate ventricular rhythm wall waveform waves PR interval الله