KROK 1 2023 – Question 97 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
Analysis of the patient’s ECG recorded in the I, II, and III standard leads shows that the P wave is positive in each one of them. What does it indicate?
- A. Atrial depolarization rate
- B. Pumping function of the left side of the heart
- C. Mitral valve condition
- D. Ventricular depolarization rate
- E. Direction of atrial depolarization
Hint
Think about what a consistently upward P deflection in all three limb leads says about the path that excitation takes through the atria.
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