BIO120H1 Lecture Notes - Qrs Complex, Bradycardia, Pacemaker Potential
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Lecture 2 the electrocardiogram (ecg: the uses of the electrocardiogram: There are 3 deflections above baseline and between these deflections are. One thing we can look at with ecg is the electrical axis of the heart: electrical activity occurs throughout the heart in all directions but there is a mean axis in which electrical activity flows. It is titled at about 60 degrees through the middle of the heart, and how it shifts left or right can tell us about various disease state in the heart. Ventricular the ventricular arrhythmias that are dangerous to the health of the. Sequence activation disorders: heart: ecg trace can reveal abnormalities in the conduction of the waves of depolarization through the heart or disruptions in the normal transit of electricity activity in the heart. Abnormalities in movement through the av node or branch bundles: ecg can tell us whether the heart has undergone hypertrophy.
