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==With regard to this caption== | ==With regard to this caption== | ||
''Atrial paced rhythm shows atrial pacemaker spikes. The first venricular beat on this image is paced as well.'' | ''Atrial paced rhythm shows atrial pacemaker spikes. The first venricular beat on this image is paced as well.'' | ||
:It is likely that all of the ventricular complexes are paced, since the morphology of the QRS, ST, and T are all identical to the first "ventricular beat". Even slight variances in pacemaker location would cause at least subtle changes in morphology. Best, [[User:Tom Bouthillet|Tom Bouthillet]] 19:00, 6 December 2007 (MET)Tom Bouthillet | :It is likely that all of the ventricular complexes are paced (or none of them), since the morphology of the QRS, ST, and T are all identical to the first "ventricular beat". Even slight variances in pacemaker location would cause at least subtle changes in morphology. Best, [[User:Tom Bouthillet|Tom Bouthillet]] 19:00, 6 December 2007 (MET)Tom Bouthillet | ||