Pulseless Electrical Activity: eMedicine Cardiology

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Pulseless Electrical Activity: eMedicine Cardiology

Overview: Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is a clinical condition characterized by unresponsiveness and lack of palpable pulse in the presence of organized cardiac electrical activity. Pulseless electrical activity has previously been referred to as electromechanical dissociation (EMD). ...

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Most Recently Shared on January 6, 2011 at 10:50 pm By:

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We've added a recent study regarding PEA and syncope to our Pulseless Electrical Activity article at http://bit.ly/fFIpyI.

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Asystole: eMedicine Emergency Medicine

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Asystole is cardiac standstill with no cardiac output and no ventricular depolarization; it eventually occurs in all dying patients. Pulseless electrical activity (PEA) is the term applied to a heterogenous group of dysrhythmias unaccompanied by a ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com

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Asystole occurs when there is no cardiac output or ventricular depolarization, occurring in all dying patients. http://bit.ly/bCDQgb

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Atrial Fibrillation: eMedicine Cardiology

emedicine.medscape.com — “Overview: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a supraventricular tachyarrhythmia characterized by disorganized atrial electrical activity and progressive deterioration of atrial electromechanical function. Electrocardiographic manifestations of atrial fibrillation include absence of P waves; rapid oscillations (or fibrillatory [f] waves) ...” View full resource at emedicine.medscape.com