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Table 3.5. Questions to guide analysis of ECG waveforms in determinig rhythm diagnosis.

VetBooks.ir Question Options What does this mean? Examples with rhythm diagnosis
One rhythm only
Calculate single
How many
rhythms are
diagnosis
present? HR and rhythm

Supraventricular tachycardia
>1 rhythm Calculate HR and
describe rhythm
diagnosis for each
rhythm separately

Supraventricular tachycardia with conversion to normal
sinus rhythm
Are the R-R Regular Multiple differential
intervals diagnoses possible
regular or
irregular?

Supraventricular tachycardia
Irregular with Consistent with sinus
pattern arrhythmia
(regularly
irregular)

Sinus arrhythmia
Irregular with Suggests atrial
no pattern fibrillation
(irregularly
irregular)

Atrial fibrillation
Continued
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