Conduction: Difference between revisions

→‎The QRS duration: added electrolyte derangement and ventricular rhythm to causes of QRS duration > 0.12 s
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  The QRS duration indicates how fast the ventricles depolarize.  
  The QRS duration indicates how fast the ventricles depolarize.  


The ventricles depolarize  normally within 0.10 seconds. When this is longer than 0.12 seconds, this is a [[conduction delay| conduction delay]] ([[LBBB|Left bundle branch block]] or [[RBBB|Right bundle branch block]]).
The ventricles depolarize  normally within 0.10 seconds. When this is longer than 0.12 seconds, this is a [[conduction delay| conduction delay]]. Possible causes of a QRS duration > 0.12 seconds include:
* [[LBBB|Left bundle branch block]]
* [[RBBB|Right bundle branch block]]
* [[Electrolyte]] derangement
* [[Ventricular rhythm]] including paced rhythm


==The QT interval==
==The QT interval==