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Torsade in a patient with left bundle branch block: is there a long QT? (And: Left Bundle Pacing).

Dr. Smith's ECG Blog

Discontinue all negative chronotropic agents, since the risk of torsade is much higher with bradycardia or pauses. Place temporary pacemaker 3. There is ventricular bigeminy with bizarre appearing wide T-waves See even more striking cases of this at the bottom of the post. The plan: 1.

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Why is ECG machine use? What diseases can EKG monitor detect?

Wellnest

A fast heartbeat is called tachycardia, while a slow heartbeat is called bradycardia in medical terms. Hypoplastic left heart syndrome is a common congenital heart defect in which there is a problem with the heart's blood supply, and the left side of the heart does not develop correctly.