EKG- atrial rhythms
EKG- atrial rhythms
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1. Ectopic Rhythms All rhythms that originate in a pacemaker other than the sinus node
2. Atrial Rhythms Atrial rhythms originate in one or more irritable foci in the atria
3. Usurping, rapid Atrium is best known for ____ the underlying sinus rhythm and pro-
ducing rhythms with very ___ heart rates
4. Symptomatic With atrial rhythms, are patients often symptomatic or asymptomatic?
5. Variable Atrial rhythms are extremely ____ in presentation
6. 160 Atrial rhythm criteria: matching, upright Ps with an atrial rate >____ at
rest
7. P waves Atrial rhythm criteria: No __ ____ at all; wavy or sawtooth baseline
between QRSs present instead
8. 3 Atrial rhythm criteria: P waves of > ____ different shapes
9. P wave Atrial rhythm criteria: Premature abnormal __ ___ interrupting anoth-
er rhythm
10. 130 Atrial rhythm criteria: Heart rate > ____, rhythm regular, P waves not
discernible
11. Wandering atrial pace- ____ ____ ____ occurs when the pacemaking impulses originate from
maker at least three different foci in the atria
12. 3 Wandering atrial pacemaker presents with at least ___ different
shapes of P waves
13. Slow WAP is an example of a ____ atrial arrhythmia
14. Irregular Wandering atrial pacemaker presents with an _____ rhythm
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EKG- atrial rhythms
Study online at https://quizlet.com/_iebky
1. Ectopic Rhythms All rhythms that originate in a pacemaker other than the sinus node
2. Atrial Rhythms Atrial rhythms originate in one or more irritable foci in the atria
3. Usurping, rapid Atrium is best known for ____ the underlying sinus rhythm and pro-
ducing rhythms with very ___ heart rates
4. Symptomatic With atrial rhythms, are patients often symptomatic or asymptomatic?
5. Variable Atrial rhythms are extremely ____ in presentation
6. 160 Atrial rhythm criteria: matching, upright Ps with an atrial rate >____ at
rest
7. P waves Atrial rhythm criteria: No __ ____ at all; wavy or sawtooth baseline
between QRSs present instead
8. 3 Atrial rhythm criteria: P waves of > ____ different shapes
9. P wave Atrial rhythm criteria: Premature abnormal __ ___ interrupting anoth-
er rhythm
10. 130 Atrial rhythm criteria: Heart rate > ____, rhythm regular, P waves not
discernible
11. Wandering atrial pace- ____ ____ ____ occurs when the pacemaking impulses originate from
maker at least three different foci in the atria
12. 3 Wandering atrial pacemaker presents with at least ___ different
shapes of P waves
13. Slow WAP is an example of a ____ atrial arrhythmia
14. Irregular Wandering atrial pacemaker presents with an _____ rhythm
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