Wide complex tachycardia is a general term that refers to conditions that cause an unusually fast heart rate and a particular pattern on an EKG. Tachycardia is when your heart beats unusually fast, ...
A combination of the Q wave, R wave and S wave, the “QRS complex” represents ventricular depolarization. This term can be confusing, as not all ECG leads contain all three of these waves; yet a “QRS ...
The rhythm is irregular, but the long intervals are the same (↔) and the short intervals (┌┐) are the same. One premature QRS complex (↑) is observed. Therefore, the rhythm is regularly irregular. The ...
THE electrocardiographic picture of prolonged QRS-complex duration with short PR interval was the subject of isolated reports 1,2 until Wolff, Parkinson and White 3 described the clinical syndrome of ...
Cardiac-resynchronization therapy (CRT) reduces morbidity and mortality in chronic systolic heart failure with a wide QRS complex. Mechanical dyssynchrony also occurs in patients with a narrow QRS ...
The mechanism of the benefits achieved with the therapy has been attributed to resynchronization of the dyssynchronous segments resulting from bundle branch block, especially left bundle branch block ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . ORLANDO, Fla. — Cardiac resynchronization therapy may be detrimental in patients with right bundle branch block ...