Potassium deficiency can result in irregular heart rhythms including bradycardia (slow heart rate), ventricular tachycardia (rapid ventricular systole), and ventricular fibrillation (asynchronous ventricular depolarization resulting in disorganized cardiac electrical activity). How would you expect ventricular tachycardia to impact stroke volume?

Potassium deficiency can result in irregular heart rhythms including bradycardia (slow heart rate), ventricular tachycardia (rapid ventricular systole), and ventricular fibrillation (asynchronous ventricular depolarization resulting in disorganized cardiac electrical activity). How would you expect ventricular tachycardia to impact stroke volume?

Human Physiology: From Cells to Systems (MindTap Course List)

9th Edition

ISBN:9781285866932

Author:Lauralee Sherwood

Publisher:Lauralee Sherwood

Chapter9: Cardiac Physiology

Section: Chapter Questions

Problem 12RE

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