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Index

P and QT interval prolongation, 83, 84
treatment of, 34
Pacemaker
VetBooks.ir malfunction, 119, 120 Sinus rhythm, 49, 50, 99, 100
oversensing, 125, 126
with baseline artefact, 61, 62
undersensing, 121, 122 and criteria for left ventricular enlargement and
Paroxysmal rapid ventricular tachycardia, 77, 78 motion artefact, 95, 96
Patch electrodes, 41 and criteria for right ventricular hypertrophy,
Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia, 89, 90 91, 92
P–QRS–T complex with evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy,
amplitudes, durations, and intervals of, 16 51, 52
cardiac conduction system, 8 with left anterior fascicular block pattern, 65, 66
PR interval, 16 with left bundle branch block, 59, 60
Propafenone, 37 with low amplitude QRS complexes and
P wave, 5, 16 electrical alternans, 45, 46
normal, 81, 82
and right bundle branch block, 87, 88
Q with ST segment elevation, 51, 52
QRS complex, 17 with 120 bpm, 107, 108
low amplitude, 87, 88 Sinus tachycardia, 45, 46, 47, 48
6-lead ECG axis system, 138
Smartphone-based ECG, 7
R Sotalol, 37
Rapid ventricular tachycardia, 65, 66, 78 SSS, see Sick sinus syndrome
RBBB, see Right bundle branch block ST segment, 18
Re-entrant supraventricular tachycardia, Supraventricular arrhythmias (SVAs), 23, 45,
117, 118 46, 71, 72, 115, 116; see also Arrhythmia
Reference guide, 137 evaluation
ECG waveform amplitudes and durations, 138 atrioventricular re-entrant tachycardia, 24
normal ECG amplitudes and durations, 137 drugs for, 33
paper speed and sensitivity, 137 and ECG criteria, 23
selected antiarrhythmic drugs, 138 focal atrial tachycardia, 24, 25
6-lead ECG axis system, 138 general criteria, 22
Rhythm analysis, 12 and left MEA shift, 101, 102
rhythm diagnosis, 21 rapid heart rate during, 117, 118
sinus rhythm, 21, 49, 50 re-entrant, 117, 118
in supraventricular arrhythmias, 22 rhythm analysis in, 22
in ventricular tachycardia, 22 into sinus rhythm, 93, 94
Right bundle branch block (RBBB), 20 treatment of, 32
vs. ventricular arrhythmias, 22
SVAs, see Supraventricular arrhythmias
S
SA node, see Sinoatrial node
SB, see Sinus bradycardia T
Second-degree AV nodal block, 53, 54, 79, 80, Third-degree AV nodal block, 61, 62
105, 106 Torsade de pointes, 47, 48
Sick sinus syndrome (SSS), 24, 25; see also T wave, 18
Arrhythmia evaluation
treatment of, 34
Sinoatrial node (SA node), 4 V
Sinus arrest and junctional escape beats, 63, 64 VAs, see Ventricular arrhythmias
Sinus arrhythmia, 55, 56, 75, 76, 83, 84, 87, 88 Ventricular arrhythmias (VAs), 27–28; see also
and criteria for left ventricular hypertrophy, 91, 92 Arrhythmia evaluation; Supraventricular
Sinus bradycardia (SB), 24, 25, 97, 98 arrhythmias
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