Biological rhythms are an essential component of homoeostasis: ‘everything is rhythmic unless proved otherwise’. Most rhythms are driven by an internal biological clock located in the hypothalamic ...

Is there a simple way to differentiate a supraventricular tachycardia from a ventricular, wide QRS tachycardia on a rhythm strip? The simplest initial approach is to look at the lead with the most ...

This ECG meets two criteria for ventricular tachycardia. AV dissociation appears to be present. Examine the rhythm strip in lead V1 and intermittently a P wave will correspond just prior to the QRS ...