BSMH Advanced Arrhythmia Course Exam Questions and
Answers
Question 1
Second degree heart block, type 1
Correct Answer
Increasingly larger PR intervals
"Longer, longer, longer block, now you have a Wenckebach"
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,Question 2
Atrial flutter
Correct Answer
Sawtooth pattern
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,Question 3
Ventricular tachycardia
Correct Answer
marching nuns
Question 4
Conduction pathway
Correct Answer
Sinus node - inerarterial tracts - atrium - intermodal tracts - AV node - bundle of HIS - bundle branches - purkinje fibers -
ventricles
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, Question 5
Torsades de pointes
Correct Answer
Rate > 200, no P waves, wide QRS
Question 6
Heart blocks
Correct Answer
No changes in PR Interval
- QRS complexes present = 1st degree
- No QRS complexes = 2nd degree type II
Changes in PR Interval
- R to R interval regular = 3rd degree
- R to R interval irregular = 2nd degree type I
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Answers
Question 1
Second degree heart block, type 1
Correct Answer
Increasingly larger PR intervals
"Longer, longer, longer block, now you have a Wenckebach"
Page 1 of 68
,Question 2
Atrial flutter
Correct Answer
Sawtooth pattern
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,Question 3
Ventricular tachycardia
Correct Answer
marching nuns
Question 4
Conduction pathway
Correct Answer
Sinus node - inerarterial tracts - atrium - intermodal tracts - AV node - bundle of HIS - bundle branches - purkinje fibers -
ventricles
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, Question 5
Torsades de pointes
Correct Answer
Rate > 200, no P waves, wide QRS
Question 6
Heart blocks
Correct Answer
No changes in PR Interval
- QRS complexes present = 1st degree
- No QRS complexes = 2nd degree type II
Changes in PR Interval
- R to R interval regular = 3rd degree
- R to R interval irregular = 2nd degree type I
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