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Normal PRI interval
🗸🗸: 0.12-0.20
Normal QRS interval
🗸🗸: 0.11 or less
What does the P wave represent?
🗸🗸: Atrial depolarization
What does the QRS complex represent?
🗸🗸: Atrial repolarization and ventricular depolarization
Q wave indicates what?
, 2
🗸🗸: Dead myocardial tissue. Always a negative deflection
What is the natural pacemaker of the heart?
🗸🗸: SA node
3 types of pacemakers
🗸🗸: 1) single (either RA or RV)
2) dual chamber (RA and LV)
3) bi-ventricular (RV and LV --> Congestive Heart Failure)
Which HB would you NOT need a pacemaker for?
🗸🗸: First-degree AV block (prolonged PRI >0.20 seconds)
Define intrinsic beats
🗸🗸: The patient's own heart beat
What is sensing?
🗸🗸: The ability for the heart to sense and respond to the electrical activity of the heart