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Clinical Applications Week 2 Terms

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Term
Definition
ECG / EKG   Electrocardiogram  
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SA node   Sinoatrial Node  
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AC interference   Artifact on an ECG tracing caused by electrical interference example/cell phone  
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P wave   represents atrial depolarization  
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PR interval   represents the time it takes for the electrical impulse to travel from the SA node to the AV node. Normal range is 0.12 to 0.20 seconds  
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QRS   representative of ventricular depolarization normal range for a QRS complex is 0.06-0.10 sec  
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QT interval   the time from the beginning of the QRS complex, representing ventricular depolarization, to the end of the T wave normal range 0.4-0.44 sec  
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T wave   represents ventricular repolarization  
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Artifact   Anything artificially produced on an ECG  
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Arrhythmia   Abnormal Rhythm of heart beat  
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Asystole   Absence of heart beat (Cardiac arrest)  
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Atrial Tachycardia   rapid heart rate, causing the P wave to be unidentifiable or hidden in the previous T wave  
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Baseline   Initial measurement for future comparing  
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Bradycardia   Slow heart rate, less than 60 bpm  
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Bundle of His   part of the electrical system of the heart, it transmits impulses from the AV node to the ventricles of the heart  
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Diastole   Relaxation of the heart  
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Precordial   Pertaining to the precordium, refers to the chest leads placed on the patient for ECG testing  
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Polarization   cardiac cells in a resting, negatively charged state  
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Purkinje fibers   networks of fibers that receive conductive signals originating at the AV node and simultaneously activate the left and right ventricles by directly stimulating the ventricular myocardium  
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Sinus Rhythm   Any cardiac rhythm in which depolarization of the cardiac muscle begins at the sinus node  
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Normal sinus rhythm   regular rate (60-100bpm) and rhythm seen on the ECG  
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Somatic Tremor   Interference/artifact throughout the ECG tracing, often caused by patient movement or shivering  
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Systole   The contraction of the heart  
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Tachycardia   Fast heart rate greater than 100 bpm  
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Wandering baseline   artifact on an ECG commonly caused by loose electrodes  
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