Across
- 3. the positive deflection after each QRS complex representing ventricular repolarization
- 6. an electrical shift that takes place within muscle cells, causing the muscle to reach action potential and ultimately contract
- 7. a rate of less than 60 bpm in adult patients, and 80 in pediatric patients
- 8. abnormality of cardiac impulse formation and/or conduction
- 9. large chambers toward the bottom of the heart that collect and expel blood towards the peripheral beds within the body and lungs
- 12. a combination of the Q wave, R wave and S wave
- 13. the first positive deflection on the EKG
- 14. also multiform, polymorphic
- 15. interference from movement of the other muscles during an EKG reading, causing the EKG to look distorted
- 17. type of heart monitor that records the heart’s activity for 24-96 (or more) hours
- 19. the middle and the thickest layer of the heart wall, composed of cardiac muscle
- 20. the process in which an electronic device sends and electric shock to stop an extremely rapid or irregular heartbeat, and restore the normal heart rhythm
Down
- 1. a rate of greater than 100 bpm in adult patients, and 150 in pediatric patients
- 2. wave often seen in WPW
- 4. short, long, longer, drop
- 5. chaotic and unsynchronized quivering of the heart during which no effective pumping occurs; may occur in the atria or the ventricles
- 10. the object that is adhered to the patient’s chest which connects to a wire, ultimately producing an EKG
- 11. a state of cardiac standstill with no cardiac output and no ventricular depolarization; also known as "flatline"
- 16. upper chambers in the heart that receive blood from the circulatory system
- 18. deflection on the ECG that can occur after the T wave