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Explain the Differences Between Supraventricular and Ventricular Dysrhythmias

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Supraventricular tachycardia SVT is a dysrhythmia originating at or above the atrioventricular AV node and is defined by a narrow complex QRS 120 milliseconds at a rate 100 beats per minute bpm. Explain the difference between a PVC and a ventricular escape beat. Ekg Strip Search Supraventricular Tachycardia Svt Svt Heart Svt Heart Condition Svt In SVT AV-node drugs would work in normalizing the dysrhythmias. . A ventricular dysrhythmia is a disturbance in the normal rhythm of the electrical activity of the heart that arises in the ventricles Fig. The a prefix in arrhythmia means a lack or an absence of something. Ventricular arrhythmias which are a failure to pump correctly in the ventricles lower chambers. Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia PSVT. There is always secondary ST-T changes meaning that the ST-T segment is discordant Figure 1. Supraventricular tachycardia SVT is a dysrhythmia originating at or above the at...