Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Cardiovascular physiology V


  1. In coronary care units, ECG is recorded continuously with alarms using a portable tape recorder. What is it called?
Holter monitor

  1. What is a normal sinus rhythm or NSR?
Normal beat originating in the SA node

  1. In healthy individuals, heart rate varies along  the phases of respiration. What is it called as?
Sinus arrhythmia

  1. What is the cause of sinus arrhythmia in a normal person ?
Fluctuations in the vagal tone to the heart


  1. What is the disease of the SA node leading to bradycardia with dizziness and syncope called?
Sick sinus syndrome

  1. In complete heart block ventricles beat at a low rate independent of atria. What is this rhythm called as?
Idioventricular rhythm

  1. What does is indicate if the PR interval is abnormally prolonged in the ECG?
First-degree heart block

  1. What is it called if the PR interval is lengthening progressively with a missing ventricular beat?
Wenckebach phenomenon

  1. Name the electrical recording used to locate the site of  defect in conducting system of the heart.
His bundle electrocardiogram

  1. What is the QRS morphology varying in ventricular tachycardia called?
Torsade des pointes

(Physiology; UMS 2008)

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