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Originally Posted by BonBon  Ann, if I'm reading your words correctly - it might be possible for Chelsea to have a normal ECG and still have underling problems? I mean if she has intermittent dropped beats, then she may be able to have a normal reading? I was praying that her next ECG would be completely normal, but now I don't know what to hope for since that wouldn't prove anything conclusively.  |
Theoretically, she *could* have a normal ECG...if her dropped beats decided to not drop, at the time the ECG was performed. But, since they know she is/maybe dropping beats - they likely will not only do the ECG for a long-enough duration....but also, it would be kinda odd not to see something if the 'something' has been bad enough to cause her symptoms.
This is what 2nd Degree Type 1 would look like (A being the atria beating, V being ventricular):
A___V / A____V / A_____V / A______V / A_______V / A________(dropped V) -- see how the conduction time btwn A/V increases and increases and then the V just skips? That's Wenckebach.
This is what 2nd Degree Type 2 may look like:
A___V / A___V / A___ - / A___V / A___V / A___V / A___V / A___ - / -- (just random dropped V's)
And then in 3rd Degree....the A & V are just beating independently...which causes a very low rate for the V...and that's when a pacer is needed asap.
So, even with 'intermittent'....
if it's there, it really should be caught on an ECG if it's happening.