Diagnosis, Wenckebach?
aka ECG Exigency 018.1
The following tracing can be found in our ECG library, allegedly as an example of Wenckebach AV block. However, as one of our readers, Jan Štros has pointed out, there is something not entirely right about this ECG tracing…
Can you spot the ‘deliberate’ mistake?
- Q1. What features of Wenckebach AV block are present on this ECG?
- Q2. What features of Wenckebach are notably ABSENT?
- Q3. What possible explanations could exist to explain this tracing?
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