ECG Flashcards
Conduction system of heart
AV node> SA node > AV bundle > L and R bundle branches > perkinje fibers > ventricle walls
sinoatrial node
pacemaker, initiates depolarization
atrioventricular node
-brief delay to allow for ventricular filling
- passes depolarization to ventricles
P wave
atrial depolarization
QRS complex
ventricular depolarization
(with atrial repolarization within)
T wave
ventricular repolarization
Perkinje fibers
throughout ventricles
- if problem with perkinje fibers - will affect Q
PR interval
from start to end of P (before Q starts)
QT interval
from start of Q to end of T
rate
How fast atria and ventricles are contracting
rhythm
how atria and ventricles are communicating
- P-R interval
- ex AV block
axis
flat line
- ST segment
- how much waves go up and down from
- could indicate ischemia or infarction
how to calculate heart rate from ECG
- always 6 second strip
- multiply R waves by 10
- if more boxes, count off 30 large boxes=6 seconds
- each large box = .2 seconds
1st degree heart block
-delay in conduction
-PR interval >.2 seconds (1 box)
- benign, can be in athletes with increased vagal tone
- each P followed by QRS
- continue exercise
2nd degree heart block
Type 1
- partially blocked conduction
- monitor and continue with lower intensity
- Mobitz type 1 aka Weckenbach
- pattern of increased PR until dropped QRS
- disease of AV node