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  3. 10.0.0 The Electrocardiogram in the Emergency Department-Introduction
  4. 10.3.0 Palpitations (frame 31)

10.3.5 (36)

This tracing was recorded from the same patient following the intravenous administration of adenosine. It now reveals sinus rhythm with a short PR interval (0.08 seconds) and a wide QRS complex indicative of ventricular pre-excitation. There is a delta wave that is positive in leads I, aVL and V3-V6 and the QRS complex resembles left bundle branch block. These ECG findings localize the bypass tract to the lateral wall of the right atrium and provide evidence that the narrow complex tachyardia shown on the previous page was an atrio-ventricular reciprocating tachycardia  (AVRT) with the  antegrade limb of the reentry circuit (i.e. A to V) within the AV node and the retrograde limb (V to A),  the bypass tract. 

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  • Introduction to First Edition
  • 1.0.0 Generation of the ECG
  • 2.0.0 The Normal Electrocardiogram
  • 3.0.0 Inter and intra-ventricular Conduction Disturbances
  • 4.0.0 Ventricular Hypertrophy
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  • 6.0.0 Ischemia and Infarction - Introduction (frame i and ii)
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  • 9.0.0 The ECG of Heart Murmurs-introduction
  • 10.0.0 The Electrocardiogram in the Emergency Department-Introduction
    • 10.1.0 Chest pain (1)
    • 10.2.0 Shortness of breath (frame 23)
    • 10.3.0 Palpitations (frame 31)
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    • 10.4.0 confusion, weakness etc (frame 40)
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