Chapter 13 The Cardiovascular System

The small electrodes used in the electrocardiogram are beneficial in detecting the presence of a heart attack, the thickening of the left ventricle and the abnormality of the heart rhythm.84 The most common ECG abnormalities in heart failure are found to be sinus tachycardia, sinus bradycardia, atrial tachycardia or flutter or fibrillation ... ................
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