artifact
Medical term EKG and Cardiovascular Testing
Interference on an EKG tracing not caused by the heart, such as muscle tremor, patient movement or electrical interference.
Free practice questions that use artifact
- EKG and Cardiovascular Testing, question 5A healthy 10-year-old's heart rate speeds up slightly when he breathes in and slows when he breathes out. How should the MA view this…
Related terms
- 12-lead ECGA standard EKG that uses 10 electrodes, 4 on the limbs and 6 on the chest, to record 12 views of the heart.
- asystoleAbsence of heart contraction and pulse.
- atrial fibrillationA fast, irregular rhythm in which the atria quiver instead of contracting; it raises stroke risk.
- atrial flutterA fast, regular atrial rhythm with a sawtooth pattern on the EKG.
- AV nodeAtrioventricular node: tissue between the atria and ventricles that receives the impulse from the SA node…
- bundle of HisConduction fibers that carry the impulse from the AV node through the wall between the ventricles.
- cardiac cycleOne complete heartbeat: contraction (systole) and relaxation (diastole) of the chambers.
- cardiac outputThe amount of blood the heart pumps in one minute.