Talk:Pacemaker: Difference between revisions

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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