The Rhythm in Which Three or More PVCs Arise in Sequence

question 25

Multiple Choice

The rhythm in which three or more PVCs arise in sequence at a rate of greater than 100 beats per minutes is ventricular:

• A) torsades.
• B) tachycardia.
• C) fibrillation.
• D) asystole.

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Definitions:

Standard Deviation

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values. It quantifies how spread out the numbers are.

Empirical Rule

A statistical rule stating that for a normal distribution, nearly all data will fall within three standard deviations of the mean.

Bell-Shaped

Describes the graphical form of a distribution that is symmetric around its mean, visually represented as a bell-shaped curve, typically associated with the normal distribution.

Sample Standard Deviation

A measure of the dispersion or variability of a sample dataset, indicating how much the individual data points differ from the sample mean.