Ventricular Rhythms

Institution Kenya Medical Training College
Course DIPLOMA IN NURSING
Year 1st Year
Semester Unknown
Posted By stephen oyake rabilo
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The ventricles (purkinje fibres) may assume the function of pacing the heart, they pace at a slower rate 20-40b/min which cannot sustain the body's perfusion requirements. Rhythms originating from the ventricles are called ventricular arrhythmias because they originate in the ventricles. Ventricular arrhythmias occur when:- a) The SAN fails to initiate an impulse b) The AVN does not pick to pace c) There is an irritable foci in the ventricular muscle
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