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discriptions of rhythms

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tachicardias   heart rate to fast to allow ventricles to fill completely before contraction  
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bradycardias   heart rate to slow to maintain cardiac output  
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ventricular irritability   erratic ventricular contraction is not effective enough to maintain stroke volume  
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stroke volume   the amount of blood ejected with each contraction of the left ventricle  
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cardiac out put   amount of blood pumped by the left ventricle in one minute stroke vol. X heart rate = liters per minute  
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NSR   normal sinus rhythm does not produce symptoms  
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sinus bradycardia   slow regular pulse, can cause sings/symptoms of decreased cardiac out put  
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sinus tachycardia   rapid, regular pulse, probably asymptomatic possibly palpitations, dyspnea  
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sinus arhythmia   irregular pulse, rarely causes symptoms  
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sinus bradycardia   (CAN) precede blocks, asystole, precipitate escape rhythm, or ventr. irritability, caused by AMI, vagal stimulation, increased intercranial pressure, reflect normal athletic heart  
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sinus tachycardia   (usually) compensatory responce to fever, activity, pain, anxiety, hypovolemia, heart failure ...Dangerous can extend infart  
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sinus arhythmia   common in children and young adults  
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premature atrial complex   (usually) benign, early sign of CHF, lead to atrial tachyarhythmias, causes include: fatigue, hypoxia, dig-toxicity, caffine, ischemia, CHF, alcohol  
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wandering pacemaker   normal; often seen in very old, very young, athletes, persistence of junctional rhythm can indicate heart disease  
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premature atrial complex   irregular pulse, rarely causes symptoms  
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wandering pacemaker   rarely causes symptoms  
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atrial tachycardia   very dangerous in AMI or heart disease, commonly caused by dig-toxicity  
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atrial tachycardia   rapid regular pulse, may show signs/symptoms of drop in cardiac out put, can cause pulmonary edema, CHF, shock  
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atrial flutter   rapid ventr. rate, loss of atrial kick can drop cardiac output, risk of pulmon, & cardiac emboli, can CHF or myocardial ischemia, seen in CAD, rheumatic heart disease  
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atrial flutter   pulse can be regular or not, fast or slow, rapid ventr. rate can cause signs/symptoms of low cardiac output  
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