Saturday, October 3, 2020

ECG Blog #181 (AV Wenckebach - Mobitz I - PACs - ATach - Group Beating)

 

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NOTE: My complete write-up of this case is found on the September 26, 2020 post on Dr. Smith's ECG Blog — CLICK HERE —
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The Case: The ECG shown in Figure-1 was obtained from a 40-year old man with an irregular heartbeat.

Question:
  • How would you interpret the rhythm?

Figure-1: ECG obtained because of an irregular rhythm.



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NOTE: My complete write-up of this case is found on the September 26, 2020 post on Dr. Smith's ECG Blog — CLICK HERE — 
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2 comments:

  1. Could beat c and e may be an atrial echo beat? Thank you for this blog. It saves lives!

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    1. Hello Marko. The reason beats c and e are not "echo beats" — is that these P waves are not negative in the long lead II. I review the concept of "echo beats" in ECG Blog #239 (https://tinyurl.com/KG-Blog-239 ) — Let me know if you still have questions after review that blog post — :)

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