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Ventricular Rhythms
| Institution | Kenya Medical Training College |
| Course | DIPLOMA IN NURSING |
| Year | 1st Year |
| Semester | Unknown |
| Posted By | stephen oyake rabilo |
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| Pages | 61 Pages |
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The ventricles (purkinje fibres) may assume the function of pacing the heart, they pace at a slower rate 20-40b/min which cannot sustain the body's perfusion requirements. Rhythms originating from the ventricles are called ventricular arrhythmias because they originate in the ventricles.
Ventricular arrhythmias occur when:-
a) The SAN fails to initiate an impulse
b) The AVN does not pick to pace
c) There is an irritable foci in the ventricular muscle
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