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| 2ND DEGREE AV BLOCK TYPE 2(MOBITZ TYPE 2) |
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| INTERMITTENT BLOCKS OF SINUS IMPULSES IN THE AV NODE. DROPPED BEATS OCCUR WITHOUT WARNING. |
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| P WAVE MAY OR MAY NOT BE PRESENT. THERE IS NO CONDUCTION OF THE ATRIAL IMPULSE TO THE VENTRICLES. QRS COMPLEX IN ABSENT. EPINEPHRINE IS USED. |
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| P WAVE NORMAL IN SIZE. VENTRICULAR RATE IS LESS THAT 40BPM. QRS IS WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. ATROPINE OR ISOPROTERENOL IS USED. |
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| ETOPIC BEATS ORIGINATE LOW IN THE VENTRICLES OCCUR EARLIER THAN EXPECTED. |
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| ATRIA AND VENTRICLES DEPOLARIZE INDEPENDENTLY FROM EACH OTHER |
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| 3RD DEGREE AV HEART BLOCK |
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| ATRIAL RHYTHM IS CHARACTERIZED BY DISORGANIZED ATRIAL ACTIVITY WITHOUT DISCERNABLE P WAVES. "WAVY BASELINE" UNCONTROLLED >100BPM CONTROLLED <100BPM |
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| P WAVE ABSENT, BUT MAY BE OBSCURED BY THE QRS COMPLEX. ATRAIL RATE CAN'T BE DETERMINED. VENTRICULAR RATE IS 100 TO 250BPM. QRS WIDE AND BIZZARE LOOKING. INCREASED AMPLITUDE. LIFE-THREATNING. DEFIBRILLATE IF UNSTABLE. TREAT WITH LIDOCAINE OR EPINEPHRINE. |
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| SUDDEN DECREASES IN QRS WITHOUT PRIOR LENGTHING. |
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| 2ND DEGREE AV BLOCK TYPE 2 |
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| ELECTRICAL IMPULSES FLOW NORMALLY FROM SA NODE THROUGH THE ATRIA BUT ARE DELAYED AT THE AV NODE. P WAVE NORMAL. PR INTERVAL IS PROLONGED GREATER THAN .2SEC BUT CONSTANT IN DURATION. QRS COMPLEX IS NORMAL. |
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| P-P INTERVAL CONSTANT. PR ONTERVAL PROGRESSIVELY LENGTHENS WITH EACH CYCLE UNTIL A P WAVE APPEARS WITHOUT A QRS COMPLEX. QRS NORMAL. |
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| 2ND DEGREE AV BLOCK TYPE 1 |
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| SINUS RHYTHM GREATER THAN 90BPM. |
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| PREMATURE ABNORMAL SHAPED P WAVES. PR INTERVAL IS TYPICALLY WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS, BUT MAY BE SHORTHER OR SLIGHTLY PROLONGED. QRS COMPLEX IS USUALLY WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS AND NORMAL CONFIGURATION. |
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| P WAVE FOR EVERY QRS. 70BPM QRS IS NORMAL |
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| P WAVE IS PRESENT BUT SEEN AS RAPID FLUTTER WAVES. THE VENTRICULAR RATE IS REGULAR OR IRREGULAR OR SLOWER. QRS NORMAL |
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| BASELINE WAVE IS IRREGULAR. P WAVE ABSENT. VENTRICULAR RESPONSE QRS IS SLOWER OR RAPID. 160-180BPM. BETA BLOCKERS, CARDIZEM, AMIODARONE, AND DIGIXON ARE USED TO TREAT. |
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| COMPLETE BLOCK OF ALL SUPRAVENTRICULAR IMPULSES FROM REACHING THE VENTRICLES. NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN P WAVES AND QRS COMPLEXES. QRS RATE IS SLOWER THAN P RATE. ATRIA RATE IS FASTER THAN VENTRICULAR RATE. NO RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ATRIA AND VENTRICULAR RHYTHMS. |
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| P WAVE PRECEDES EACH QRSCOMPLEX BUT PR INTERVAL IS .02SEC. |
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| P WAVE SAWTOOTHED. RATE IS RAPID AT 250-350BPM. VENTRICULAR RHYTHM IS 40-90BPM OR HIGHER. QRS NORMAL. |
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| 2ND DEGREE AV BLOCK TYPE 1(WENKEBACH OR MOBITZ TYPE 1) |
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| DISEASED TISSUE OF THE AV NODE CONDUCTS EACH IMPULSE EARLIER IN THE REFRACTORY PERIOD. EVENTUALLY AN IMPULSE IS ABSENT. NEXT IMPULSE IS NORMAL. |
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| TOTAL ABSENCE OF VENTRICULAR ACTIVITY, ALTHOUGH SOME ACTIVITY MAY BE PRESENT IN THE ATRIA. EKG IS FLATLINED. |
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| PREMATURE VENTRICULAR CONTRACTIONS(PVC) |
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| NO P wave, QRS OCCURS EARLIER THAN IS EXPECTED AND IS WIDE. 0.12 SEC OR GREATER AND HAS A BIZARRE LOOKING CONFIGURATION. INCREASED AMP |
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| SUSTAINED RHYTHM OF THREE OR MORE PVC'S IN A ROW |
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| P WAVE NORMAL IN SIZE, ATRIAL RATE IS GREATER THAN 100BPM. VENTRICULAR RATE IS GREATER THAN 90BPM. QRS COMPLEX IS WITHIN NORMAL LIMITS. |
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| ATRIAL RATE AND RHYTHM CAN'T BE DETERMINED. P WAVE NOT DISCERNABLE. VENTRICULAR RATE IS CAOTIC, NO PATTERN AND CAN'T BE DETERMINED. DURATION OF QRS IS NOT DISCERNABLE. |
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| PROGRESSIVELY LENGTHING OF THE PR INTERVAL WITH INTERMITTENTLY DROPPED BEATS. |
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| 2ND DEGREE AV BLOCK TYPE 1 |
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| INDICATES RECENT ONSET AND IS READILY CORRECTED BY DEFIB |
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| MEANS A LONGER TIME SICE ONSET AND RESUSCITATION IS MORE DIFFICULT. CLOSER TO ASYSTOLE. |
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| FORM OF VTACH IN WHICH THE QRS APPEARS TO BE CONSTANTLY CHANGING |
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| DELIVERY OF ENERGY THAT IS SYNCHRONIZED TO QRS. |
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| RANDOM DELIVERY OF SHOCK ANYTIME DURING CARDIC CYCLE |
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| REENTRY MECHANISM AND IS NOT TOLERATED WELL BY THE ELDERY OR THOSE WITH CPAP. 140-220BPM. P WAVE BURIED IN T WAVE. REG RYHTHM. QRS AND PR NORMAL INTERVAL OR PROLONGED. |
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| SVT(SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACYCARDIA) |
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| RAPID, DISORGANIZED DEPOLARIZATION OF VENTRICLES. EKG TRACING CONSISTS OF WAVY BASELINE. LARGE WAVES INDICATE COARSE FIBRILLATION AND SMALL WAVES INDICATE FINE FIBRILLATION. |
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