A 53-year-old man presents in the emergency department with a complaint of chest pain that lasted for 2 hours. He has a history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus. He also has a 30-pack-year smoking history. There is a wide QRS complex on ECG. There is no sign of clubbing or oedema on physical examination. The cardiologist said the patient's condition is due to the slow conduction from myocyte to myocyte rather than the rapidly conducting gate cells of the heart. Which of the following cells mentioned below are known as "gate cells" of the heart?

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A 53-year-old man presents in the emergency
department with a complaint of chest pain
that lasted for 2 hours. He has a history of
hypertension and diabetes mellitus. He also
has a 30-pack-year smoking history. There is a
wide QRS complex on ECG. There is no sign of
clubbing or oedema on physical examination.
The cardiologist said the patient's condition is
due to the slow conduction from myocyte to
myocyte rather than the rapidly conducting
gate cells of the heart. Which of the following
cells mentioned below are known as "gate
cells" of the heart?
A Cells in SA node
B
D
Cells in the AV node
Cells in bundle of his
Cells in Purkinje fibers
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Transcribed Image Text:A 53-year-old man presents in the emergency department with a complaint of chest pain that lasted for 2 hours. He has a history of hypertension and diabetes mellitus. He also has a 30-pack-year smoking history. There is a wide QRS complex on ECG. There is no sign of clubbing or oedema on physical examination. The cardiologist said the patient's condition is due to the slow conduction from myocyte to myocyte rather than the rapidly conducting gate cells of the heart. Which of the following cells mentioned below are known as "gate cells" of the heart? A Cells in SA node B D Cells in the AV node Cells in bundle of his Cells in Purkinje fibers 11% marked this 17% got this correct
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