st segment monitoring Flashcards
lateral wall MI seen in
1, avl, v5, v6
inferior wall MI seen in
2, 3, avf (supplied by RCA)
anterior seen in
v3 v4 (LAD)
septal wall
v1 v2 (LAD septal branches)
most useful lead to detect arrhythmias
lead 2
p wave atria
depolarization beings
PR atria
depolarization complete
QRS atria
repolarization
QRS ventricle
depolarization beings
ST ventricle
depolarization complete
T ventricle
repolarization beings
after T wave ventricle
repolarization complete
ST segment MI if elevation or depression is greater than
1mm
the heart repolarizes from ___ to ___ and ___ to ___
apex to base and epi to endo
the myocytes fo from
+ to -
RCA shown on
2, 3, avf
circumflex shown on
1, avl, v5, v6
LAD shown on
v1 v2 v3 v4
the mean electrical vector tends to point toward ___ and away from ___
towards areas of hypertrophy, away from areas of MI
right axis deviation
1 pointing down and aVF pointing up
left axis deviation
1 pointing up and AVf pointing ddown
normal axis is between
-30 and 90
left axis dev is more neg than
-30
right axis dev is more pos than
90
what causes right axis dev
COPD , bronchospasm, cor pulmonale, pulm hin, PE
what causes left axis dec
chronic htn, LBBB, aortic stenosis, aortic insufficiency, mitral regurg