Lead Nurse for Cardiology, Coronary Care Unit, Raigmore Hospital, Inverness, UK
Ectopic beats or extrasystoles are extra beats that come early in the cardiac cycle. They were first described by the Chinese physician, Pien Ts'lo, in 600 BC. Ectopic activity is detected in 40–75%...
The most striking abnormality is the prolonged QRS duration. The QRS duration should be up to 100 milliseconds; whereas in this example, it is considerably prolonged, resulting in a wide QRS complex....
Around one in four patients with an acutely occluded coronary artery do not present with ST elevation. These acute ‘occlusive MI’ (OMI) patients do not meet the standard ST elevation criteria (mm) for...
The heart rate is approximately 50 beats per minute and in sinus rhythm. There is left axis deviation..
