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** What is the [[Conduction|PR interval]] and does it change?
** What is the [[Conduction|PR interval]] and does it change?
*What is the ventricular [[Rate|heart rate]]?
*What is the ventricular [[Rate|heart rate]]?
*>100 bpm = tachycardia
**>100 bpm = tachycardia
*<60 bpm = bradycardia
**<60 bpm = bradycardia
*are there extra beats? -> [[Ectopic Beats]]
**are there extra beats? -> [[Ectopic Beats]]
* What is the [[QRS morphology]]?
* What is the [[QRS morphology]]?
* What is the clinical setting?
* What is the clinical setting?


Secondly it is important to assess the '''origin of the arrhythmia''':
Secondly it is important to assess the '''origin of the arrhythmia''':