KROK 1 2012 – Question 167 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 67 year old patient complains of periodic heart ache, dyspnea during light physical activities. ECG reveals extraordinary contractions of heart ventricles. Such arrhythmia is called:
- A. Tachycardia
- B. Fibrillation
- C. Extrasystole
- D. Bradycardia
- E. Flutter
Hint
Consider whether the ECG finding describes the heart rate, or the origin and timing of individual ventricular beats relative to the normal rhythm.
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