Ventricular trigeminy is named after a premature ventricular complex (PVC) that happens after every third beat. This can happen with alternating sinus or junctional complexes Read More
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Wandering Pacemaker
Also referred to as multiformed atrial rhythm, is a dysrhythmia with at least 3 different P waves originating from the SA node, atria and/or the Read More
Waveform
A wave of an ECG. 1. Six Second ECG Guidebook (2012), T Barill, p. 209 Read More
Wenckebach
A physiologist of the late 19th and early 20th century, who is responsible for the discovery of the Second Degree AV Block Type I and Read More
Woolf-Parkinson-White Syndrome (WPW)
Pre-excitation syndrome characterized by the early depolarization of the ventricle(s) via an accessory pathway (other than the AV junction) resulting in an early initiation of Read More