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Courtesy of C. Antonczyk

Mikey was admitted for an electrocardiogram, echocardiography and thoracic radiographs. The ECG is shown below:


ECG recording in lead II 25mm/sec 5mm/mV

(Courtesy of C. Antonczyk)


(Courtesy of C. Antonczyk)


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For what reason might you perform an ECG?

  • In order to diagnose a rhythm disturbance.

What is the average heart rate on the first half of this ECG?

  • This recording is 25mm/sec, so 25 of the small boxes represent a second.
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