Rapid ventricular response https://www.ecgguru.com/taxonomy/term/20/all en Atrial Fibrillation With A Rapid Ventricular Response https://www.ecgguru.com/ecg/atrial-fibrillation-rapid-ventricular-response <div class="field field-name-field-ecg field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/ecg/atrial-fibrillation-rapid-ventricular-response"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.ecgguru.com/sites/default/files/AF100.jpg" width="1440" height="748" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-ecg-interpretation field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>This is a good example of atrial fibrillation with a rapid ventricular response. The rate is around 150 per minute, and the rhythm is almost regular.&nbsp; Show your students how to "march out" the QRS complexes so they can see the irregularity.&nbsp; When the rate is around 150, also check for atrial flutter with 2:1 conduction.&nbsp; In this case, none of the 12 leads shows strong evidence of flutter waves, but it is a possibility when the rhythm is almost regular.&nbsp; Fortunately, the initial treatment for both AFib and AFlutter with rapid response are the same.</p> </div></div></div> Wed, 16 May 2012 21:52:16 +0000 Dawn 204 at https://www.ecgguru.com