ECG 1

Signalment: One-year-old female Chihuahua weighing 3.4 kg (Tina)

Presenting complaint: Previously diagnosed patent ductus arteriosus

ECG 1

50 mm/sec; 5 mm = 1 mV

Quiz

1. What is this dog's primary cardiac rhythm?

2. There is evidence for enlargement of one of the cardiac chambers. Which one?

3. At what approximate rate is the heart beating when complex 6 is generated?

4. The P wave morphology changes from beat to beat as the heart rate speeds and slows. What is this called?