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Assignment:

Help Remarkably, many of the top causes of death don't even show up on this list, and many that do barely register. Perhaps survey respondents are thinking more about conditions that cause suffering or impaired quality of life rather than causing death. Or, perhaps the causes of death that primarily affect the elderly (such as stroke) are not as big a concern to the public as those that affect younger individuals. Whatever the reason, the difference is striking.

1. How can a complete the atrioventricular (AV) block be diagnosed on an electrocardiogram (ECG)?

2. Usually, we look for an RSR pattern for bundle branch block in the chest leads. What does it mean if there is an RSR pattern in the limb leads?

3. What is Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome?

4. In management of atrial fibrillation (AF), is the priority to control ventricular rate or to restore cardiac rhythm?

5. Can digoxin be given in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation?

6. In a patient with atrial fibrillation and bronchial asthma, what is the recommended treatment and do beta-blockers make the condition worse?

7. What is the difference between atrial flutter and atrial tachycardia?

8. What are the possible causes of atrial extrasystoles, in a patient with a normal echo, which last for several days and then disappear spontaneously? Is treatment with anxiolytics recommended?

9. In the treatment of ventricular tachycardia, could lidocaine be used in the absence of any other drug? How effective is lidocaine?

10. Why is an extremely low level of potassium in the blood sometimes a cause of ventricular fibrillation?