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What does trigeminy mean? would a routine ekg detect trigeminy and bigeminy or no a holster is needed?

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Dr. Hiep Le answered

Specializes in Nephrology and Dialysis

Trigeminy: when premature atrial contraction (PVC) happens in a pattern of three beats, we call it trigeminy. EKG pattern can be 2 normal beats (sinus) + 1 abnormal beats (PVC) or 1 normal beat (sinus) + 2 abnormal beats (PVCs). Yes, the long tracing D2 can detect bigeminy or trigeminy.

Answered 9/5/2022

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