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Lead II
Normal Sinus Rhythm
Look at the p waves:
✔same contour in same lead?
✔Upright in I, II, aVF & left precordial
leads
✔followed by QRST?
Lead II
Sinus Bradycardia
Rate = 48/min
Rate = 48/min
Sinus Bradycardia
Sinus Tachycardia
b pathway
b pathway
a pathway
a pathway
AV NODE
Atrial Flutter
0.12 secs.
0.20 secs.
PR INTERVAL
Where to
measure:
standard or uni-
polar limb lead
with the longest
PR interval
DO remember
Short PR means
bypass of the AV
node; too long
means block!
FIRST DEGREE
AV BLOCK
hPR interval > 0.20 sec
hProgressive lengthening
of PR interval w/ intermittent
drop beats .