Important ECG Traces

BRADYARRHYTHMIAS

Normal Rhythm (Dog)

25 mm/sec
Rule:
50 mm/sec: 10 big boxes = 1 sec
Heart Rate: Dog 60-160 bpm; Cat 140-220 bpm 25 mm/sec: 5 big boxes = 1 sec
P-wave for every QRS, QRS for every P-wave
Regular Rhythm

Sinus Bradycardia (Dog) 1st Degree AV Block (Horse)

QRS

25 mm/sec 25 mm/sec
P T
Heart Rate: Slow, ~40 bpm in this example Heart Rate: Slow
P-wave for every QRS, QRS for every P-wave P-wave for every QRS, QRS for every P-wave
Regular or regularly irregular rhythm Regular or regularly irregular rhythm
Prolonged or increasingly prolonged PR interval

2nd Degree AV Block (Dog) 3rd Degree AV Block (Dog)

P P P P P

25 mm/sec
25 mm/sec
Heart Rate: Slow
QRS QRS
P-wave for every QRS, not a QRS for every P-wave
Heart Rate: Slow
Mobitz I: Progressive prolongation of PR interval
Complete dissociation between P-waves and QRS complexes
Mobitz II: No prolongation of PR interval
Irregular rhythm
Irregular rhythm

Escape Beat (Dog) Accelerated Idioventricular Rhythm (Cat)

25 mm/sec
50 mm/sec
Heart Rate: Slow Heart Rate: Slow, slow-normal, sinus rate is slower than
Absent P-wave preceding wide bizarre QRS complex ventricular depolarization
Irregular rhythm P-wave appears to be “marching” through QRS complexes,
some QRS complexes may appear wide or inverted
Often intermittent, irregular rhythm

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