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1
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premature atrial beat

A

irritable atrial foci

-produces P’ wave earlier than expected

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2
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reset rhythm

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SA node will pace one cycle length after a premature beat
-bc dominant center depolarized by premature beat

reality - first cycle after PAB lengthened - due to PS on SA node

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3
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premature atrial beat with aberrant ventricular conduction

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widened QRS

-one bundle branch is not completely repolarized when PAB sends signal

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4
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non-conducted premature atrial beat

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has no QRS complex following

-will see reset pacing

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5
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atrial bigeminy

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auto foci fires PAB after each cycle

  • couples to end of normal cycle
  • process repeats
  • see a couplet
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6
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atrial trigeminy

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auto foci fires PAB after each two cycles

-group beatings in patterns

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premature junctional beat

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irritable junctional foci firesa

  • right bundle branch - more likely to be in refractory
  • can lead to aberrant ventricular conduction
  • may see inverted P’ wave
  • before, during, after QRS complex
  • retrograde atrial depolarization
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8
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aberrant ventricular conduction

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  • signal fired before both bundle branches are repolarized
  • results in widened QRS

-right bundle branch - slower to recover

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9
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junctional bigeminy

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premature junctional beat with each sinus cycle

-see absent or inverted P’

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junctional trigeminy

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premature junctional beat coupled with every two sinus cycles

-see absent or inverted P’

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11
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irritable ventricular

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low O2
low K
pathology - mitral valve prolapse, stretch, myocarditis

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12
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premature ventricular contraction

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sudden wide QRS complex
-opposite polarity of the sinus QRS

**often with hypoxia

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13
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compensatory pause

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not resetting

-but it is the repolarization of ventricles

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interpolated PVC

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sandwiched between two normal beats

-no pause and no rhythm disturbance

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15
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slender QRS

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due to simulataneous depolarization of both ventricles

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16
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pathologic PVCs

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six or more per minute

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17
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ventricle bigeminy

A

PVC couples to single cycle

18
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ventricle trigeminy

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PVC couples to two cycles

19
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ventricle quadrigeminy

A

PVC couples to three cycles

20
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ventricular parasystole

A

ventricular foci with entrance block

  • can’t be overdrive suppressed
  • paces at its own rate

-see pacing at its own rate with PVC

21
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very irritable ventricular foci

A

can emit consecutive stimuli

22
Q

run of three or more PVCs

A

ventricular tachycardia

23
Q

sustained VT

A

sustained ventricular tachycardia
-VT lasts longer than 30 seconds

runs of PVCs

24
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multifocal PVCs

A

severe cardiac hypoxia

  • distinct QRS complexes
  • multiple irritable ventricle foci
25
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barlow syndrome

A

mitral valve prolapse
-can cause PVCs

floppy valve that billows into left atrium during ventricular systole

more in females

  • slender, chest deformity
  • dizzy spells
  • anxiety prone
  • after age 20

theory - chordae tension from valve prolapse stretches ventricular foci

26
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R on T phenomenon

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PVC falls on T wave

  • hypoxia or hypokalemia
  • dangerous

-extends purkinje repolarization further

27
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paroxysmal tachycardia

A

rate 150-250

28
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flutter

A

rate 250-350

29
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fibrillation

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rate 350-450

30
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paroxysmal tachycardia

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sudden irritable foci paces rapidly

-atrial, junctional, ventricular

31
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epinephrine

A

irritable atrial/junctional foci

32
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hypoxia and low K

A

ventricular foci irritable

33
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paroxysmal atrial tachycardia

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rapid rate 150-250

  • irritable atrial foci
  • P’ waves not like sinus
34
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PAT with AV block

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more than one P’ for every QRS

  • digitalis excess or toxicity
  • 2:1 ratio of P’:QRS
35
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digitalis

A
  • can make atrial foci irritable

- also inhibits AV node

36
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paroxysmal junctional tachycardia

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  • rapid rate 150-250
  • irritable junction foci
  • lacking P’ wave
  • or P’ before, during, after QRS

may cause aberrant ventricular contraction
-somewhat widened QRS

37
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AV nodal reentry tachycardia

A

continuous reentry circuit develops
-AV node and lower atria

-foci - near coronary sinus

38
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supraventricular tachycardia

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irritable foci in both atrial and junctional paroxysmal tachycardia
-because above ventricles

-Tx is similar - umbrella term is used

39
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paroxysmal ventricular tachycardia

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  • rapid rate 150-250
  • sudden irritable ventricular foci
  • enormous rapid PVCs
  • SA node can still be pacing atria
  • AV dissociation
40
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AV dissociation

A

SA depolarization to atria

  • finds ventricular receptive
  • produces normal appearing QRS
  • capture beat***
  • among the VT

also - atrial depolarization -finds receptive AV node

  • ventricular depolarization only goes so far - meets ventricular depolarization from ventricular foci
  • fusion beat***

confirm diagnosis of VT

41
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confirm diagnosis of VT

A

capture and fusion beats

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