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[[Image:sa_exit_blok2.png|thumb|Sino-atrial exit block]]
[[Image:sa_exit_blok2.png|thumb|Sino-atrial exit block]]
[[Image:sa_exit_blok3.jpg|thumb|Sino-atrial exit block]]
[[Image:sa_exit_blok3.jpg|thumb|Sino-atrial exit block]]
During sino-atrial exit block, the depolarizations that occur in the sinus node cannot leave the node towards the atria. They are blocked. On the ECG this is expressed as a pause. SA exit block can be destinguished from [[sinusarrest]] because the pause in SA exit block is a multiple of the P-P interval that preceded the pause.
During sino-atrial exit block, the depolarizations that occur in the sinus node cannot leave the node towards the atria. They are blocked. On the ECG this is expressed as a pause. SA exit block can be distinguished from [[sinusarrest]] because the pause in SA exit block is a multiple of the P-P interval that preceded the pause.


Three subtypes can be destinguished:<cite>Braunwald</cite>
Three subtypes can be destinguished:<cite>Braunwald</cite>
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