It's
not premature and it does not look like the PVC following it.
What
is it???
Click for the answer.
It is called a FUSION BEAT
Fusion
Beats Are:
- PVCs
that occur at the same time as ventricular activation by the
underlying rhythm which can cause ventricular depolarization
to occur simultaneously in two directions
- This
fusion beat results in a QRS complex that has the characteristics
of the PVC and the QRS complex of the underlying rhythm
March
2003
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