KROK 1 2017 – Question 190 · KROK (Medicine) · Pathophysiology
A 67-year-old man was delivered to the cardiology unit with complaints of periodical pain in the heart, dyspnea after even insignificant physical exertion, cyanosis, and edemas. ECG revealed additional contractions of the heart ventricles. Name this type of rhythm disturbance:
- A. Flutter
- B. Tachycardia
- C. Extrasystole
- D. Fibrillation
- E. Bradycardia
Hint
Decide whether the problem is a sustained change in heart rate, a rapid chaotic or regular rhythm, or occasional impulses added on top of the underlying rhythm.
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