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What EKG change occurs after the ST segment elevations return to baseline? ✔Correct
Answer-T wave inversion
A normal P wave does not exceed ____ and in amplitude and is smaller than ____ wide.
✔Correct Answer-2.5 mm to 3 mm
__________ occurs longer than 30 seconds or requires direct current (DC) for stabilization.
✔Correct Answer-sustained VT
What are the three layers of the heart? ✔Correct Answer-epicardium, myocardium,
endocardium
_____________ is the point where the QRS complex ends, and the ST segment begins.
✔Correct Answer-J point
In the context of atrial tachycardia, what describes a narrow QRS complex? ✔Correct Answer-
Conduction through the AV node and His-Purkinje system
The P waves characteristic of left atrial abnormality can be ________. ✔Correct Answer-
biphasic
What does an echocardiogram measure? ✔Correct Answer-The degree of cardiac chamber
enlargement
A ____ complex occurs when the entire QRS complex is negative. ✔Correct Answer-QS
What is a transducer used for? ✔Correct Answer-The ECHO device used to conduct
ultrasound energy and create the visual picture of the heart.
What is a characteristic feature of a ventricular bigeminy pattern? ✔Correct Answer-Regular
alternation of PVC and normal beat
The PR interval indicates the time an action potential travels through the atria and the
_________________. ✔Correct Answer-AV junction
How does the morphology of PVCs vary? ✔Correct Answer-Depending on the origin within
the ventricles
, Which of the following is a characteristic of Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm (AIVR)?
✔Correct Answer-Heart rate usually between 50 and 00 bpm
What medication is used as an arrhythmia suppression during digitalis toxicity? ✔Correct
Answer-Lidocaine
Excessive stimulation of the heart's parasympathetic fibers will cause ____________.
✔Correct Answer-Fainting
If a patient's ECG shows signs of ischemia, this means: ✔Correct Answer-An inadequate blood
supply to the heart.
What type of pacemaker will patients with congestive heart failure with left ventricular
conduction delays receive? ✔Correct Answer-Biventricular
PACs can initiate arrhythmias by either ______ or _____ processes. ✔Correct Answer-Focal;
reentrant
Pathologic J waves are distinctive in ______________ ✔Correct Answer-Hypothermia
What typically causes PVCs? ✔Correct Answer-Increased automaticity of dormant ventricular
pacemakers
What is indicated by the appearance of ST segment elevation in an acute phase of STEMI?
✔Correct Answer-Presence of hyperacute T waves in two or more leads
Which is not a site of an infranodal block? ✔Correct Answer-AV node
What causes PR interval prolongation in an EKG? ✔Correct Answer-Signal blockage in the AV
node
What is the primary goal of rate control in the management of atrial flutter and atrial
fibrillation? ✔Correct Answer-Restricting ventricular response
The septum depolarizes _____ to _____ in LBBB ✔Correct Answer-Right-to-left
Which waveform represents the activation of the atria? ✔Correct Answer-P wave
Sinus tachycardia is common during pain or ___________. ✔Correct Answer-Pulmonary
Embolism, Myocarditis, and Pericardial Effusion (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
What is the primary role of the atrioventricular (AV) node in the cardiac cycle? ✔Correct
Answer-Delays impulse transmission to ventricles
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What EKG change occurs after the ST segment elevations return to baseline? ✔Correct
Answer-T wave inversion
A normal P wave does not exceed ____ and in amplitude and is smaller than ____ wide.
✔Correct Answer-2.5 mm to 3 mm
__________ occurs longer than 30 seconds or requires direct current (DC) for stabilization.
✔Correct Answer-sustained VT
What are the three layers of the heart? ✔Correct Answer-epicardium, myocardium,
endocardium
_____________ is the point where the QRS complex ends, and the ST segment begins.
✔Correct Answer-J point
In the context of atrial tachycardia, what describes a narrow QRS complex? ✔Correct Answer-
Conduction through the AV node and His-Purkinje system
The P waves characteristic of left atrial abnormality can be ________. ✔Correct Answer-
biphasic
What does an echocardiogram measure? ✔Correct Answer-The degree of cardiac chamber
enlargement
A ____ complex occurs when the entire QRS complex is negative. ✔Correct Answer-QS
What is a transducer used for? ✔Correct Answer-The ECHO device used to conduct
ultrasound energy and create the visual picture of the heart.
What is a characteristic feature of a ventricular bigeminy pattern? ✔Correct Answer-Regular
alternation of PVC and normal beat
The PR interval indicates the time an action potential travels through the atria and the
_________________. ✔Correct Answer-AV junction
How does the morphology of PVCs vary? ✔Correct Answer-Depending on the origin within
the ventricles
, Which of the following is a characteristic of Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm (AIVR)?
✔Correct Answer-Heart rate usually between 50 and 00 bpm
What medication is used as an arrhythmia suppression during digitalis toxicity? ✔Correct
Answer-Lidocaine
Excessive stimulation of the heart's parasympathetic fibers will cause ____________.
✔Correct Answer-Fainting
If a patient's ECG shows signs of ischemia, this means: ✔Correct Answer-An inadequate blood
supply to the heart.
What type of pacemaker will patients with congestive heart failure with left ventricular
conduction delays receive? ✔Correct Answer-Biventricular
PACs can initiate arrhythmias by either ______ or _____ processes. ✔Correct Answer-Focal;
reentrant
Pathologic J waves are distinctive in ______________ ✔Correct Answer-Hypothermia
What typically causes PVCs? ✔Correct Answer-Increased automaticity of dormant ventricular
pacemakers
What is indicated by the appearance of ST segment elevation in an acute phase of STEMI?
✔Correct Answer-Presence of hyperacute T waves in two or more leads
Which is not a site of an infranodal block? ✔Correct Answer-AV node
What causes PR interval prolongation in an EKG? ✔Correct Answer-Signal blockage in the AV
node
What is the primary goal of rate control in the management of atrial flutter and atrial
fibrillation? ✔Correct Answer-Restricting ventricular response
The septum depolarizes _____ to _____ in LBBB ✔Correct Answer-Right-to-left
Which waveform represents the activation of the atria? ✔Correct Answer-P wave
Sinus tachycardia is common during pain or ___________. ✔Correct Answer-Pulmonary
Embolism, Myocarditis, and Pericardial Effusion (ALL OF THE ABOVE)
What is the primary role of the atrioventricular (AV) node in the cardiac cycle? ✔Correct
Answer-Delays impulse transmission to ventricles
