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    A sinus rhythm is any cardiac rhythm in which depolarisation of the cardiac muscle begins at the sinus node. It is necessary, but not sufficient, for normal...
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    Sinus bradycardia is a sinus rhythm with a reduced rate of electrical discharge from the sinoatrial node, resulting in a bradycardia, a heart rate that...
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    Sinus arrhythmia is a commonly encountered variation of normal sinus rhythm. Sinus arrhythmia characteristically presents with an irregular rate in which...
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    Sinus tachycardia is a sinus rhythm of the heart, with an increased rate of electrical discharge from the sinoatrial node, resulting in a tachycardia...
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    This sinus rhythm is important because it ensures that the heart's atria reliably contract before the ventricles.[citation needed] In junctional rhythm, however...
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    to convert the rhythm to normal sinus rhythm (known as rhythm control). Electrical cardioversion can convert AF to normal heart rhythm and is often necessary...
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    normal resting hearts, the physiologic rhythm of the heart is normal sinus rhythm (NSR). Normal sinus rhythm produces the prototypical pattern of P wave...
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    macro-reentrant pathway restoring sinus rhythm. Cardioversion for restoration of sinus rhythm from an atrial rhythm is largely a scheduled procedure....
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    patterns. A slow rhythm (less than 60 beats/min) is labelled bradycardia. This may be caused by a slowed signal from the sinus node (sinus bradycardia),...
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    Bradycardia caused by the alterations of sinus node activity is divided into three types. Sinus bradycardia is a sinus rhythm of less than 50 BPM. Cardiac action...
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