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The heart and bradycardia

The heart and bradycardia

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The goal of this newsletter is to provide you with enough information to be useful, but not more than can be learned within the busy schedule of a health care worker. You’ll find anatomy charts, additional vocabulary, occasional feedback from subscribers, and more! Feel free to read them now and save them for later use such as with a patient or as a study guide for coursework.

Vocabulary

  • Bradycardia or bradyarrhythmia
  • Heart beat between 40 and 60 BPM is called mild bradyarrhythmia
  • Heart beat between 20 and 40 BPM is called moderate bradyarrhythmia
  • Heart beat between 20 and 40 BPM is called severe bradyarrhythmia
  • Atrial bradycardia
  • Beats per minute
  • Sinus respiratory bradycardia
  • Ventricular arrhythmia
  • Sinus rhythm
  • Sick sinus syndrome
  • Atrioventricular nodal bradycardia
  • Sinus bradycardia
  • Sinus arrest
  • Sinus exit block
  • AV block
  • Ventricular bradycardia
  • Bradicardia o bradiarritmia
  • Latido cardíaco entre el 40 y 60 de BPM se llama bradiarritmia leve
  • Latido cardíaco entre 20 y 40 BPM se llama bradiarritmia moderada
  • Latido cardíaco entre 20 y 40 BPM se llama bradiarritmia severa
  • Bradicardia auricular
  • Latidos por minuto (LPM)
  • Bradicardia sinusal respiratoria
  • Arritmia ventricular
  • Ritmo sinusal
  • Síndrome del nodo enfermo
  • Ritmo del nodo atrioventricular
  • Bradicardia sinusal
  • Paro sinusal
  • Bloqueo de salida sinoauricular
  • Bloqueo auriculo-ventricular (AV)
  • Bradicardia ventricular

comparison of normal heart to heart with a heart block


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Written by on June 1, 2018